Going from the ME to the WE: A Long Journey to Where You Are
What if individual psychology took another path than the one guided by the idea of the Sturm und Drang of adolescence? What if this path less-traveled led to community-oriented rites of passage that satisfied youth's deep craving for the ancestral wisdom of the Universe and simultaneously a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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American Anthropological Association
[2017]
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Anthropology of consciousness
Année: 2017, Volume: 28, Numéro: 2, Pages: 193-205 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Interbeing
B interiorization of community B youth and community development B Adolescence B rites of passage |
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| Résumé: | What if individual psychology took another path than the one guided by the idea of the Sturm und Drang of adolescence? What if this path less-traveled led to community-oriented rites of passage that satisfied youth's deep craving for the ancestral wisdom of the Universe
and simultaneously affirmed that parents, too, would continue to grow and contribute as they transited mid-life? This article brings the reader down the path less-traveled to explore navigational aids for future travelers and provides an example of the explosion of community engagement and creativity that can occur when the transitions of adolescence and mid-life, traditionally viewed as crises, become opportunities and assets for fostering individual health and community resiliency, adaptation, and well-being through community-oriented rites of passage. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-3537 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12074 |