Community The Structure of Belonging
Community The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block, published by National Geographic Books on July 17, 2018, is a 2nd edition work that spans 256 pages. This book explores the essential role of community in fostering health, job creation, and support for marginalized individuals. It critiques the limitations of institutions and professional services, emphasizing the need for a shift from viewing ourselves as consumers to recognizing our potential as engaged citizens and neighbors.
Readers will find insights into voluntary, self-organizing structures that prioritize community gifts and hospitality. The book discusses strategies for reweaving social connections within neighborhoods, highlighting the importance of collective action in creating a sustainable future. With a focus on social science and organizational behavior, this edition invites reflection on customs and traditions that can strengthen community ties and enhance overall well-being.
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We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us.
The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find real and sustainable satisfaction right in our neighborhood and community.
This book reports on voluntary, self-organizing structures that focus on gifts and value hospitality, the welcoming of strangers. It shows how to reweave our social fabric, especially in our neighborhoods. In this way we collectively have enough to create a future that works for all.
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