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Which social organization emphasizes the rights and interests of the individual?
Which social organization emphasizes the rights and interests of the individual?
- Collectivism
- Social collectivity
- Individualism (correct)
- Social class
According to Rousseau's 'Du contrat social', where does the individual find his true being and freedom?
According to Rousseau's 'Du contrat social', where does the individual find his true being and freedom?
- In social class
- In the laws and institutions of the nation-state
- In social collectivity
- In submission to the 'general will' of the community (correct)
Who argued that the individual realizes his true being and freedom only in unqualified submission to the laws and institutions of the nation-state?
Who argued that the individual realizes his true being and freedom only in unqualified submission to the laws and institutions of the nation-state?
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- G. W. F. Hegel (correct)
- Karl Marx
- None of the above
Who provided the most succinct statement of the collectivist view of the primacy of social interaction?
Who provided the most succinct statement of the collectivist view of the primacy of social interaction?
Which type of social organization sees the individual as being subordinate to a social collectivity?
Which type of social organization sees the individual as being subordinate to a social collectivity?