1/ People (I included) lament the amount of "tribalism" in politics these days. I get the sense that we all mean pretty much the same thing when we use the term. Yet the term itself isn't quite right . . .
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I don't remember the term being used much growing up. I think it's use might have emerged (or increased anyway) with the growing influence of EvPsych. People used to talk more of sectarianism or dogmatism, or the combination "sectarian dogmatism."
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but I agree with you that it is disrespectful to actual tribal cultures to label our own dysfunction this way, even though it's a kind of social rhyme. factionalism or even sectarianism might be better words.
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Yeah, those are better. "Tribalism" is probably popular because it hints at social dynamics (which are definitely part of the syndrome), and it hints at the idea that we are "wired by evolution" to engage in it. Your terms preserve at least the hint at social dynamics.
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