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Individualism

**Individualism** is a moral and social philosophy that posits the individual person as the fundamental unit of moral worth and social analysis, maintaining that individuals’ rights, interests, and autonomy take normative precedence over those of collectivities such as the state, community, or social groups.

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Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

Paul Steidlmeier, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen et al. · Review of Religious Research · 1986 · 5.1K citations

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Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority.

Solomon E. Asch · The Psychological Monographs · 1956 · 4.2K citations

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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

Hernán Vera, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1978 · 3.2K citations

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Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory

Amartya Sen · Philosophy &amp Public Affairs · 1977 · 3.2K citations

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Passions within reason: the strategic role of the emotions

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 3K citations

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Authors

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  1. HC
    Harry C. Triandis

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    20 publications · 17K citations

    18

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  2. AR
    Anu Realo

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. RΝ
    Robert Ν. Bellah

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    12 publications · 6.7K citations

    12

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  4. MJ
    Michele J. Gelfand

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    8 publications · 6.4K citations

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  5. RC
    Roger Crisp

    St. John's College, United States

    8 publications · 566 citations

    8

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Institutions

1.6K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    22 h-index

    33 publications

    5.3K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    35 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    20 h-index

    30 publications

    4.1K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    20 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    19 h-index

    29 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    19 h-index

    27 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 246 publications · 31.9K citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 61 publications · 5.7K citations

    37

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  3. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

    JCCP · 45 publications · 9.6K citations

    33

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  4. The Philosophical Review

    43 publications · 6.2K citations

    32

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    37 publications · 14.9K citations

    32

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