Cultural Societies

Peaceful modern Cultural Societies which respect the individual evolved from age old family ties. The transition from band-type Cultural Societies, through clan and tribal organizations, into nation-states was peaceful only when accomplished without disruption of the basic ties which link the individual to the larger society by a sense of a common history, culture and kinship. The sense of “belonging” to a nation by virtue of such shared ties promotes cooperation, altruism and respect for other members. In modern times, traditional ties have been weakened by the rise of mass societies and rapid global communication, factors which bring with them rapid social change and new philosophies which deny the significance of the sense of nationhood, and emphasize individualism and individualistic goals. The cohesion of Cultural Societies has consequently been threatened, and replaced by multicultural and multi-ethnic societies and the overwhelming sense of lost identity in the mass global society in which western man, at least, has come to conceive himself as belonging in Cultural Societies.

     Decadence in modern mass multi-Cultural Societies begins at a moment when there is no longer any discernable meaning within Cultural Societies. Meaning is destroyed by raising individualism above all other values because rampant individualism encourages the anarchical proliferation of egotism at the expense of the values that were once part of the national heritage, values that give form to the concept of nationhood and the nation state, to a state which is more than just a political entity, and which corresponds to a particular people who are conscious of sharing a common heritage for the survival of Cultural Societies.

     Cultural Societies evolved cooperating groups united by common cultural and genetic ties, and it is only in such a setting that the individual can feel truly free, and truly protected. Man, in Cultural Societies cannot live happily alone and without values or any sense of identity: such a situation leads to alcoholism, drug abuse, criminal activity and worse. With the spread of purely egotistic goals at the expense of regard for family and nation, the individual begins to talk of his rights rather than his duties, for he no longer feels any sense of destiny, of belonging to and being a part of a greater and more enduring entity. He no longer rejoices in the secure belief that he shares in Cultural Societies which it is part of his common duty to protect-he no longer feels that he has anything in common with those in the Cultural Societies. Since all values have become strictly personal, everything is now equal to everything.

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      Cultural Societies without strong beliefs, is a society about to die. Can a modern liberal society provide strong unifying communal beliefs in view of the fact that on one hand it views communal life as nonessential, while on the other, it remains important to envision any belief is reducible to economic conduct? Cultural Societies must be united to survive.