Solidarity [Paperback]

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.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.Foreword; K. Bayertz. Part One: Conceptual Considerations. Four Uses of `Solidarity'; K. Bayertz. The Concept and Possibilities of Solidarity; U. Steinvorth. What's Wrong with `Solidarity'? N. Capaldi. Solidarity as a Moral and Political Concept: Beyond the Liberal/Communitarian Impasse; G. Khushf. Fraternity and Justice; V.M. Dard?. Part Two: Sociological, Psychological, and Biological Perspectives. Solidarity: Theoretical Perspectives for Empirical Research; H. Thome. Social Psychology of Solidarity; H.W. Bierhoff, B. K?pper. On the Nature of Solidarity; E. Voland. Bonds and Bounds of Solidarity; A. G?bel, E. Pankoke. Part Three: Solidarity in History. Solidarity and History: Institutions and Social Concepts of Solidarity in 19th Century Western Europe; K.H. Metz. Solidarity: Its History and Contemporary Definition; A. Wildt. Part Four: Solidarity, the Law, and the State. Institutionalisation of Solidarity by Law: Ideology and Practise; E. Denninger. Solidarity as a Social and as a Constitutional Norm; M. Baurmann. Solidarity and Citizenship; S. Lukes. National, Supranationls$