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Individualism and Rural Civic Life Assessed by Bellah
Val Farmer, a Rapid City psychologist, discusses Robert Bellah's Habits of the Heart. He outlines three competing values—independent citizenship, utilitarian consumerism, and expressive individualism—and their impact on rural leadership and community engagement. He warns that dominant individualist norms erode local participation and long term viability.
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Robert Bellah
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Val Farmer
Rapid City
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