https://emsenn.net/tags/community/ Recent content in Community on emsenn.net Hugo en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/terms/therapeutic-community/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/sociology/domains/critical-theory/domains/anarchism/domains/disaster-response/domains/emergent-disaster-response/terms/therapeutic-community/ <p>Therapeutic community is a disaster-sociology term for the temporary emergence of intensified cooperation, mutual support, and shared purpose after catastrophe [@gurney1977].</p> <p>The term matters because it counters the image of disaster as automatic social breakdown. Patrick Gurney&rsquo;s review of the concept, building on Charles Fritz and Allen Barton, treats it as a way of naming the new social order that can arise when communities adapt to disaster-created needs [@gurney1977].</p>