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Essay / Community Essay Connotation - 1008
In some cases, it is a place, or setting, with certain social characteristics, which can be identified and described. Community is also something that is felt and has an emotional or affective impact (Day, 2006, p. 31). It is a set of human interactions and behaviors that have meaning and expectations among its members. Members of a community base their actions on shared beliefs, meanings, expectations, and values (Bartle, 2007). The concept of community has evolved over time in order to meet the necessary expectations of individuals belonging to the community. Community was once based on political ties and was a contractual relationship between individuals (Delaney, 2010, p.1). In the Age of Enlightenment, the idea of community referred to the immediate world of meaning, belonging and everyday life (Delaney, 2010, p.2). Due to the rationalization of society, it can be argued that the idea of community is disappearing and that at some point in the future, communities will no longer be able to exist. Whether this is due to a physical change in the person, such as where they work or live, or a change in social patterns in which individuals no longer feel the need to belong to a community, it is about 'a problem.