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Ferdin andTonnies wrote in Community and Association (1887) that “Just as language cannot be made by agreement…real concord cannot beartificially produced” How far, if at all, does this statement provide a clue to solving the puzzle.
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Ferdinand Tonnies wrote in Community and Association (1887) (translation p.56) that "Just as language cannot be made by agreement...real concord cannot be artificially produced" How far, if at all, does this statement provide a clue to solving the puzzle of why so many attempts to create communes in modern societies have proved to be unsuccessful? Why have some succeeded? When Tonnies wrote about 'concord', he was talking in terms of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft bonds. Gemeinschaft bonds are the bonds that community is associated with. Gemeinschaft bonds are a mode of mentality and behaviour. The word Gemeinschaft means literally "Great similarity" representing the type of relationship that Gemeinschaft represents. These bonds manifested themselves in the form of kinship, blood relationships, intellectual ties, friendship and neighbourhood1. Life in a Gemeinschaft bond is intimate, private and involves living together. Tonnies himself said, "Gemeinschaft represents the truly human supreme form of community"2. It is a...
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