The COVID-19 Impact of Expressive Individualism

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Expressive individualism, by contrast, suggests that we are not truly ourselves unless the world confirms all of our feelings and intuitions. As professor Carl Trueman points out, this viewpoint is essentially solipsistic; he explains, "When identity is psychologized, and the pursuit of happiness becomes a subjective, psychological matter, anything that challenges that paradigm is deemed damaging and oppressive."

 

Not sure I'd heard the term "Expressive Individualism" before, but it really does explain the behavior of some people.