Communitarian

* The movement to establish communitarian radios and TV�s that 10 years ago gave positive steps toward a model of autonomous alternative communication, has been subjugated by the power of the state throughout the economic control because, the majority of the 167 radio stations and 28 tv stations that nowadays work with the denomination of �communitarian� depend upon the government subsidies (according to the Asamblea Nacional, in 2006 they received 5,7 thousand millions bolivars, aprox. more than 2.650.000 dollars), and for that reason they tend to become official mouthpieces and to repeat the same communicational vices they question.

To them Peak Oil is the divine scourge which will return us to a time when we all lived in communitarian harmony with our neighbors and grew our own vegetables (organically, natch). ❋ Unknown (2005)

The experience was devastating for me, and suddenly made me aware of the dangers of narrowly defined identities, and also of the divisiveness that can lie buried in communitarian politics. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Mr. Monti, twice a European commissioner himself in the past, emphasized his support for the EU, calling its institutions "the best part" of each member state and strongly supporting the so-called "communitarian" method over the rival inter-governmental one used to frame governance in the 27-member bloc. ❋ Giada Zampano (2011)

They were communitarian, which is to say that they were communistic in some form; in this case they held all their land in common, worked it in common, cooked and ate food together, and got credit points for clothing and goods. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Or they can be what Mr. Wexler calls communitarian leaders, who talk about conflict and protest as a learning opportunity. ❋ FRANCES BULA (2011)

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were institutions that were neither purely socialist, nor purely free market - a blend that is best described as communitarian, in that they allowed private investors to buy and hold shares in the corporations, but were also guaranteed by the federal government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The "communitarian" thinkers behind shaming argue that the practice not only encourages public decency but allows society to make unambiguous moral statements about what behaviors are beyond the pale. ❋ Eric Felten (2010)

The "communitarian" right would rather nobody noticed that the shattering of communities is a direct effect of capital moving away in obedience to the logic of the very system they endorse. ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2009)

The justices spokes about "communitarian" notions of ownership, where land did not belong to one person, and how colonialism and economic developments had changed the notion of ownership and made it market related. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We should also note in passing that the case Baroness Kennedy cites shows some of the potential pitfalls of an uncritically 'communitarian' approach: the terror of the young woman in this story was intensified by the attitudes of her family and immediate community to pregnancy outside marriage. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Brooks focuses on the "communitarian" approach being advocated by conservative British writer Phillip Blond, author of the upcoming book ❋ Arianna Huffington (2010)

This is important, as the governing UMP has, rather abusively, attempted to translate this longstanding principle of French public law and political tradition as a requirement with which to regulate intense, devout or fundamentalist forms of religious expression, or as justifying a state commitment to secularising ways of life and mitigating "communitarian" tensions. ❋ Human Rights In Ireland (2010)

The importance of their advocacy becomes apparent when you consider that President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have adopted the even more problematic "communitarian" ideal as their template for government. ❋ Bird Dog (2010)

He envisions the future on Eaarth as a kind of communitarian back-to-the-land agrarian utopia. ❋ Ronald Bailey (2010)

" Ah! Another [Communitarian] [Position Paper] from [Comrad] Etzioni!" ❋ J.E. Walker (2003)

Communitarianism is perceived to be [evil] because it opposes the individualistic [doctrine] of our [society]. ❋ DYZTS (2009)

If John McCain and Barack Obama had [gay butt sex], their [butt baby] would be a [communitarian]. ❋ Rambojoe2323 (2008)