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Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter (to right, reflected in mirror): photo by Gordon Parks, August 1942 (Gordon Parks Archives, Library of Congress)
To the member, society is his own community; the members of other communities may be beyond his recognition or sympathy.
To the servant, society is an establishment, in which he finds his place.
To the rebel, a particular society is a tyranny; the alternative for which he fights is a new and better society.
To the exile, society is beyond him, but may change.
To the vagrant, society is a name for other people, who are in his way or can be used.
To the servant, society is an establishment, in which he finds his place.
To the rebel, a particular society is a tyranny; the alternative for which he fights is a new and better society.
To the exile, society is beyond him, but may change.
To the vagrant, society is a name for other people, who are in his way or can be used.
Beginning of the ball season, Berlin: photo by Carl Weinrother, 1934 (Deutsches Bundesarchiv)
Raymond Williams: Individuals and Societies (excerpt), from The Long Revolution, 1961
