The old tension between Tory paternalism and Tory individualism lives on.
And both Montanans and southerners place a high premium on rural individualism, whether they actually live that lifestyle or not.
Individualism actually derived from the Christian idea that God could live in individuals, and that each life was therefore precious.
Mystical movements are the expression of a radical religious individualism that strives to interiorize and live out the personal example of Jesus.
Requisite Platitude: "We no longer live in a paradigm of rugged individualism.
In a world of terminal individualism, in which every person had to fight to live, he did not let this scarred opportunism become his only mode of survival.
"She represents the American individualism, and discovers humanism as she gets forced to live among Arabs," Mr. Sasmaz said, sipping tea and smoking a cigarette during a short break in filming.
"We live in a capitalist meritocracy that encourages individualism and utilitarianism, ambition and pride.
"Because we live in the mountains, there is a certain individualism," she said.
He added that good intentions were often overrun by Western individualism, which is especially common in people who choose to live in remote settings, apart from crowded subdivisions.
This is also a way for our family to live out a prophetic critique against the radical individualism of western Christianity, where faith is isolated to an individual's personal relationship to God rather than via participation in community.
