Solidarity

Solidarity as a phenomenon lies like an erratic block in the midst of the moral landscape of our age. Until now, the geologists familiar with this landscape - ethicists and moral theorists - have taken it for granted, have circumnavigated it! in any case, they have been incapable of moving it. In the present volume, scientists from diverse disciplines discuss and examine the concept of solidarity, its history, its scope and its limits.

One: Conceptual Considerations. - Four Uses of Solidarity . - The Concept and Possibilities of Solidarity. - What s Wrong with Solidarity? . - Solidarity as a Moral and Political Concept: Beyond the Liberal/Communitarian Impasse. - Fraternity and Justice. - Two: Sociological, Psychological, and Biological Perspectives. - Solidarity: Theoretical Perspectives for Empirical Research. - Social Psychology of Solidarity. - On the Nature of Solidarity. - Bonds and Bounds of Solidarity. - Three: Solidarity in History. - Solidarity and History. Institutions and Social Concepts of Solidarity in 19th Century Western Europe. - Solidarity: Its History and Contemporary Definition. - Four: Solidarity, the Law, and the State. - Constitutional Law and Solidarity. - Solidarity as a Social Norm and as a Constitutional Norm. - Solidarity and Citizenship. - National, Supranational, and International Solidarity. - Five: Perspectives of Solidarity in (Post)Modern Socie Pies. - Solidarity: Post-Modern Perspectives. - Solidarity in Secular Societies: Engelhardt and the Post-Modern Dilemma. - Append. - Solidarity: A Selected Bibliography. - Notes on Contributors. - Index of Names. - Index of Subjects.