Mutualities

The French origin of “individualism” (de Maistre, ctitical) and its adoption and subsequent use (eg Tocqueville) to name singles in collectives, groups, societies,…is far from helpful in understanding social and “individual” psychologies. For most are better understood by what they share, what they have in common, what they are mutually with their families, social groups, clubs, cities/towns, states, sports teams, “politics”, nationalities,… than what they misname “individualities”.