Tag Archives: Solidarity
ATC: On Solidarity: The promise of solidarity
Gerhild Perl
Solidarity, one might say, emerges through empathizing with the fate of others. Thereby, empathy is the rather affectively intuited than deliberately chosen response to an ethical obligation imposed upon us by a known or unknown Other. I thus regard empathy as a fundamental precondition for finding common ground with other people. But how do solidarity-basedRead more
ATC: On Solidarity: Solidarities of the Dispossessed: Response to Julia Eckert in the Time of Pandemic
Nina Glick Schiller
The term solidarity has long been evoked to unite workers, whatever their background or nationality. The classic Marxist approach to solidarity was rooted in the shared experiences of exploitation of industrial workers at the point of production. However, historically racialization, gender differentiation, and nationalism have produced divisions among workers seeking to confront oppressive conditions. Today,Read more
ATC: On Solidarity: The solidarity of concern
Julia Eckert
Solidarity could be defined as the readiness to assist and support, that is, the emotional and normative affirmation of one’s obligations towards others. Might we think of solidarity as grounded in the recognition of our given connectedness, a connectedness that makes us concerned? Concern here refers to both meanings of the word: the issues, whichRead more
ATC: On Solidarity: Solidarity and Democracy: Lessons from Social Activism Under Austerity in the UK
Shana Cohen
The normalization of far-right politics and racist rhetoric in Europe and the US has led, unsurprisingly, to the rapid growth of a literature examining the potential return of fascism and the concomitant decline of democracy (e.g. Albright (2018); Temelkuran (2019); Bonikowski (2017); Rooduijn (2017); Inglehart and Norris (2016); Albertazzi and McDonnell (2015, 2008); Moffit (2016); MuddeRead more