Claiming solidarity: A multilevel discursive reconstruction of solidarity

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

European Journal of Social Theory Pub Date : 2021-09-20 DOI:10.1177/13684310211045794

Marianne Kneuer, Michael Corsten, Hannes Schammann, Patrick Kahle, Stefan Wallaschek, F. Ziegler

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Solidarity is one of the central concepts in social theory and has gained much attention due to the multiple challenges that the EU has been facing the last decade and due to the most recent COVID-19 pandemic. Although the debate on the nature and conditions of solidarity has been revitalized, there remains a large variety in how to conceptualize solidarity. In contrast to other approaches, we do not conceive solidarity as normative concept, but as descriptive–analytical one. Therefore, we provide a theory-based definition that is prone to capture the empirical dimensions of solidarity. Accounting for the dynamic and interactive character of solidarity as subject to permanent societal and political renegotiation, we conceptualize solidarity from a discourse perspective and follow a multilevel design breaking down the understandings of solidarity on different levels. This approach contributes to the research of solidarity that is interested to capturing the ‘real world’ dimensions of solidarity.

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主张团结:团结的多层次话语重建

团结是社会理论的核心概念之一，由于欧盟在过去十年中面临的多重挑战以及最近的新冠肺炎大流行，团结受到了广泛关注。尽管关于团结的性质和条件的辩论已经恢复活力，但如何将团结概念化仍然存在很大的差异。与其他方法相比，我们并不将团结视为规范性概念，而是将其视为描述性-分析性概念。因此，我们提供了一个基于理论的定义，该定义倾向于捕捉团结的经验维度。考虑到团结作为永久性社会和政治重新谈判的主体的动态和互动性，我们从话语的角度对团结进行概念化，并遵循多层次的设计，在不同层面上打破对团结的理解。这种方法有助于研究团结，有兴趣捕捉团结的“现实世界”层面。

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European Journal of Social Theory SOCIOLOGY-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

4.80%

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期刊介绍： An internationally respected journal with a wide-reaching conception of social theory, the European Journal of Social Theory brings together social theorists and theoretically-minded social scientists with the objective of making social theory relevant to the challenges facing the social sciences in the 21st century. The European Journal of Social Theory aims to be a worldwide forum of social thought. The Journal welcomes articles on all aspects of the social, covering the whole range of contemporary debates in social theory. Reflecting some of the commonalities in European intellectual life, contributors might discuss the theoretical contexts of issues such as the nation state, democracy, citizenship, risk; identity, social divisions, violence, gender and knowledge.