01528nam a2200313u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038010001700079020001800096040002900114050002100143082001400164100003200178245006100210246001000271250001900281260003100300300002900331336002100360337002500381338002300406504005700429520065400486650004201140650002001182650001201202932174163 OCoLC 20190501223358.0ta160623s2016    nyu      b    000 0 eng d  abl2016013022  a9781455566389  aNjBwBTbengerdacNjBwBT14aHM716b.J86 201604a302.32231 aJunger, Sebastian,eauthor.10aTribe :bon homecoming and belonging cSebastian Junger.3 aTribe  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bTwelve,c2016.  axvii, 168 pages ;c20 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 139-168).  aDecades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. 0aSocial groupsxPsychological aspects. 0aGroup identity. 0aTribes.