2006-09-28 06:39:46 · 5 answers · asked by tigre 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I'm not sure if this is where you're going with this, but I would have to say the individual. We are definitely living in a "Me first" time and society.
The benefit of the group went out the window with the 50's or around there. Only in certain cultures are they still clinging to a group mentality, but that is quickly disappearing.
2006-09-28 06:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by CE S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contemporary society is made up of many different societies. And you will have socieites that believe that the individual is important and others that will believe that the group is. Refer to Geert Hoffstede for a broad example of this.
P.S:...as you may have observed...the U.S. is more of an individualistic society. Yes, there are some societies that are more individualistic than others..and vise versa. It depends on the various values that each society holds.
2006-09-28 06:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by What, what, what?? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The individual.
That's why America lost the ryder cup, and why we're not that good at any team sports (on an international basis).
We have great individual players like Tiger Woods, but it's the team that wins stuff, not one person.
2006-09-28 06:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My individual group. Me, myself, and I. Hmmmmm
2006-09-28 06:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by dumb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The individual, we are all mostly important to ourselves, our culture teaches us to be narcisistic and only care about ourselves.
2006-09-28 06:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by Tact is highly overrated 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋