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Solidarity in Europe : the history of an idea / Steinar Stjernø.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stjernø, Steinar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solidarity--History.
- Solidarity.
- Solidarity--Europe--History.
- Solidarity--Political aspects--Europe.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Solidarity in Europe is a comprehensive study of the idea of solidarity from the early nineteenth century to the present. It covers social and political theory, Protestant and Catholic social ethics, and the development of the concept of solidarity in eight European nations - Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Steinar Stjernø examines how solidarity has been defined, and how this definition has changed since the early nineteenth century. He analyses different aspects of solidarity: what is the foundation of solidarity? Is it personal or common interest, 'sameness', altruism, religion, empathy, or cognition? What is the goal of solidarity? How inclusive should it be? The book also compares the different concepts of solidarity in social democratic, Christian democratic, communist and fascist parties.
- Contents:
- Solidarity in classic social theory
- Politics: solidarity from Marx to Bernstein
- Religion: solidarity in Catholicism and Protestantism
- European variations of solidarity discourses in social democracy
- A comparative perspective on social democratic solidarity
- The great challenger: the Christian democratic idea of solidarity
- The languages of modern social democratic and Christian democratic solidarity
- Two excursions: Marxist-Leninist and fascist solidarity
- Solidarity in modern social philosophy and Christian ethics.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-14072-2
- 1-280-42233-5
- 0-511-17132-3
- 0-511-08233-9
- 0-511-19702-0
- 0-511-29841-2
- 0-511-49037-2
- 0-511-08188-X
- OCLC:
- 252503078
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