Full Idea
Everything must attach itself so as to be part of some movement; men are determined to lose themselves in the totality of things, in world-history, fascinated and deceived by a magic witchery; no one wants to be an individual human being.
Gist of Idea
People want to lose themselves in movements and history, instead of being individuals
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846])
Book Reference
'Existentialism', ed/tr. Solomon,Robert C. [Modern Library 1974], p.23
A Reaction
[Bk 711] I presume 'world-history' refers to the exhilerating ideas of Hegel. Right now [2017] I would say we have far too much of people only wanting to be individuals, with insufficient attention to our social nature.