Individualism

Individualism- Johnson talks about individualism on p. 77 as a view of society in which individuals create problems, and the social system itself doesn't create the problems. It's a view that puts the blame on a singel person and says that no one else has anything to do with it and it doesn't affect them. Johnson adds, though, that this view is wrong because then privileges and oppression couldn't exist because individuals have nothing to do with one another. Only in a system of social groups can privilege and oppression exist. Individualism doesn't solve the problems of social contruction because it's view is that the wrongdoings of someone else have no impact on anyone else.