Ebook: Close Relationships: Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature

Close relationships have great importance for humans because they are essential for meaningful existence. In contemporary society, individualism and loneliness grow, resulting in a longing for social connectedness and close relationships. Car communities offer sociality in automobile organizations, through ride sharing, and in car clubs, automobile professions, car events, as well as, indirectly, through Internet sites or car media. All of these have in common that they bring together people interested in automobile culture, creating a sense of belonging out of shared norms, interests, and beliefs. A car community also affirms social norms and inspires identity construction with a focus on the automobile. With the exception of car and ride sharing, a car community is a significant barrier to transport change, as any restriction of the car will be perceived as a threat to personal identities and feelings of social belonging. Lobby groups organizing resistance against transport governance seem to systematically exploit these interrelationships.