Abstract
Individualism is an ideology (or perhaps a related set of them). The use of this word generally directs attention to the social consequences of a particular way of thinking. In this chapter there will be no discussion of the social consequences of the individualistic ideology; that will be left for a later stage. The purpose of the present chapter is a very simple and limited one: to stress the point that individualism is an ideology.
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Watt, J. (1989). Alternatives to Individualism. In: Individualism and Educational Theory. Philosophy and Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2460-4_3
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