Expressive Individualism: A Change in the Idea of the Good and of Happiness

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 978-991
Author(s):  
Mary Bernard Curran
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Individualism

Moving Past the Crossroads: Law and Mississippi’s Modern Age

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-162
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Ranney
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Appellate Courts ◽  
World War ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Expressive Individualism ◽  
Legal Battle

Mississippi’s post-World War II legal history consists of two major struggles. The first was the long legal battle between Mississippi lawmakers and federal appellate courts that accompanied the political battle to end segregation (1950-70). The end of legal segregation and voting restrictions empowered black Mississippians and created a new, three-cornered political balance between blacks, white moderates and conservatives. The rise after 1960 of “expressive individualism,” a philosophy that valued individual autonomy over shared public values, triggered the second struggle. The battle between individualists and traditionalists has been fought on many fronts in Mississippi including rights of female and gay Mississippians, abortion rights and debates over the extent to which government may support private schools. Mississippi has mostly sided with traditionalists but has not been a leader on either side.

Expressive Individualism Scale

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori A. Gano-Overway ◽  
Joan L. Duda
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Individualism

Intoxication and Rite of Passage to Adulthood in Norway

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Sande
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
Ritual Practice ◽  
Field Methods ◽  
A Value ◽  
Expressive Individualism ◽  
Symbolic Anthropology

The author describes young Norwegians' use of alcohol in “russefeiring,” a special rite of passage to adulthood in the form of prolonged graduation parties. In this ritual, the young people wear special clothes, celebrate, and drink beer and spirits from the 1st through the 17th of May. The article argues that young people have invented rites of passage in which expressive individualism is stressed as a value. The article discusses the use of symbolic anthropology and sociology and field methods in research relating to this kind of ritual alcohol use and intoxication. Theoretically, the focus is on studying alcohol use as a ritual practice. Use of alcohol can be defined as a key symbol in these ritual processes, offering an opportunity to communicate meaning between members of the society and culture concerned.

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