Abstract

Introduction: to study the idea of solidarity Part I. Three Traditions of Solidarity: 1. Solidarity in classic social theory 2. Politics: solidarity from Marx to Bernstein 3. Religion: solidarity in Catholicism and Protestantism Part II. The Idea of Solidarity in Politics in Western Europe: 4. European variations of solidarity discourses in social democracy 5. A comparative perspective on social democratic solidarity 6. The great challenger: the Christian democratic idea of solidarity 7. The languages of modern social democratic and Christian democratic solidarity 8. Two excursions: Marxist-Leninist and fascist solidarity Part III. Present Precariousness of Solidarity: 9. Solidarity in modern social philosophy and Christian ethics 10. Epilogue: hope and challenges - individualisation, consumerism and globalisation.

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