Sentences with phrase «forging social bonds»

In tribal societies, forging social bonds is a matter of survival; on the Internet, far less so.
If music was important for forging social bonds, then performing music (not just listening to it) might release endorphins too.
A 2005 report by the Rand Corporation about the visual arts argues that the intrinsic pleasures and stimulation of the art experience do more than sweeten an individual's life — according to the report, they «can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing,» creating the foundation to forge social bonds and community cohesion.

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«The chanciness is part of the lasting magic of gay life,» writes Browning, «a sort of radical plot twist that characterizes queer life and sets aside so many conventions of social judgment, class, race, and attitude, supplanting them with a direct and naive faith that bonds of great value can be forged on nothing more than instinct....
From there, our group loyalties become the source of much that is most noble and most horrible about us — with religion at the center of both, sacralizing group loyalties and forging larger social bonds beyond the kinship group, but still leaving room for a deep sense of us versus them, a pervasive suspicion of the stranger and the out - group.
Male chimpanzees stay with the group they were born into their entire lives, forging strong social bonds with other males.
An integral part of the human story, interwoven throughout the fabric of time, is that food does not only represent nourishment and sustenance, but it is also a tool for social unity and solidarity - making, for forging bonds of community, for pleasure - seeking and satiation.
A man (Danny Glover) holding vigil by the death bed of his beloved (Tantoo Cardinal) recalls their struggles to defy social conventions in search of true love, and the unbreakable bond they forged by following their hearts.
It's during these moments that social bonds are forged, as players listen to the feelings of each character, and sporadically choose from dialog options.
In this way, the barbershop becomes not only a shared social space, but a repository of symbols of this communion — where bonds are made and broken and the public appearance and persona of the individual is forged from the consensus and dissent of the community.
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