Wer ist das Wir? Zur Konzeptualisierung von Solidarität, Zugehörigkeit und gesellschaftlicher Fragmentierung

Judith Kohlenberger

Z'GuG Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl, 2021, vol. 44, issue 2, 248-258

Abstract: The article explores different dimensions of “We” as a sociological concept. Our interdependency on each other in a given community, whether real or imagined, is a basic requirement for any form of solidarity. Theoretically, this conceptualization is based on the intersubjective dependency of the Self on the Other in a Hegelian dialectic, which is problematized in the post-colonial concept of Othering. Othering, i.e. the “making different” of individuals who are constructed as socio-economically or ethnically/nationally subaltern in the Spivakian sense, is described as an essential factor for the fragmentation of society, which can further de-solidarization. Based on empirical findings, the article argues for an understanding of solidarity not as binary, but as a continuum with varying degrees of interconnectedness that can change both horizontally and vertically.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.5771/2701-4193-2021-2-248

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