Political Solidarity

by Scholz, Sally J.

• ISBN13: 9780271034003
• ISBN10: 0271034009
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-23
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

"Experiences of solidarity have figured prominently in the politics of the modern era, from the rallying cry of liberation theology for solidarity with the poor and oppressed through feminist calls for sisterhood to such political movements as the Solidarity movement in Poland. Yet very little academic writing has focused on solidarity in conceptual rather than empirical terms." "Sally Scholz takes on this critical task here. She lays the groundwork for a theory of political solidarity, asking what solidarity means and how it differs fundamentally from other social and political concepts like camaraderie, association, or community. Scholz distinguishes a variety of types and levels of solidarity by their social ontologies, moral relations, and corresponding obligations." "The book explores the moral relation of political solidarity in detail, with chapters on the nature of the solidary group, obligations within solidarity, the "paradox of the privileged," the goals of solidarity movements, and the prospects for global solidarity."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Sally J. Scholz is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.

Table of Contents

Solidarities	p. 17
Toward a Theory of Political Solidarity	p. 51
The Moral Relations and Obligations of Political Solidarity	p. 71
The Solidary Collective	p. 113
The Paradox of the Participation of the Privileged	p. 151
The Social Justice Ends of Political Solidarity	p. 189
On Human Solidarity and the Challenge of Global Solidarity	p. 231
References	p. 265
Index	p. 275
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