Gemeinschaftsgefuhl - German in English
"Community feeling" or "social interest," this term is used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health.
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Etymology
From Gemeinschaft (community)
+ Gefühl (feeling)
Pronunciation
/ɡəˈmaɪ̯nʃaftsˌɡəˈfyːl/
Gemeinschaftsgefühl is a term created by Austrian psychiatrist, Alfred Adler to
express,
“Social concern or
feeling not in terms of particular social behaviors, but in the much broader
sense of caring for family, for community, for society, for humanity, even for
life. Social concern
is a matter of being useful to others”.
Abraham Maslow saw this social
consciousness in the self-actualizer.
The self-actualizer…
"…senses
a fundamental connection with the human species whom they observe, not with
arrogance, but with the awareness that he can do many things better, that they
can see things that others cannot witness, that the truth is clearer to them
and veiled from most people." Maslow
This astuteness possessed by these
people makes them feel a deep kinship with others and a consciousness of how
things can be improved for everyone.
Gemeinschaftsgefühl is a type of empathy and wisdom comingled with
social interest for the betterment of all.
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