When people use this term "Tribal Energy" do they really understand what they are saying or even what tribal energy is? I suspect that they don't truly know what it is, but only have an idea of what it is. This I find quite strange because this kind of thing is done all the time in human culture. Today while watching a show on theater production and related topics, a producer or some such person that worked on the production Hair, said that what they were going for was to convey a spirit which translated into a tribal feeling. This I find it hard to believe that he would know anything about anything that is tribal. I think what he was trying to say was - trying to convey the feeling of our audiences ideas of 'tribal'. Unless I'm wrong and he producer is also an anthropologist on the weekend. I do understand what the person is 'trying' to say'; however, I think it may be an injustice to true 'tribal energy'.
This to me is an example of an odd event in human thoughts and discourse. If you know exactly what it's called please let me know (a more formal term). I ask myself; should this kind of thing be done? Does this produce misconceptions and ultimately what are the ramifications of this kind of generalization (i'll call it generalization for simplicity's sake)?
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