The Paradox of Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2356488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessandro Ferrara (0000-0002-5821-5245, Sapienza University of Rome, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 395-408 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/026858097012004002 |
| OpenAlex | W2102427013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
The advanced industrial or post-industrial societies seem to have come to a paradoxical predicament. The individualist culture which has favored the modernization process so much, now constitutes one of the most formidable obstacles to the further modernization of societies. Contemporary society seems unable to move toward solving the problems of global interdependence, of environmental risk and of its own internal complexity unless it finds a way of re-creating from within itself some aspects of the life of the community. However, in reappropriating the relevant features of community - especially the concern for the common good - we can't avoid falling back on that normative standard of self-realization, fulfillment or authenticity which in a sense represents the epitome of modern individualism and is often mistaken, by the communitarian critics of liberalism, for a mere garden variety of early-modern atomistic individualism
Communitarianism · Egalitarianism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Epitome · Individualism · Industrial society · Liberalism · Modernization theory · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
The moral commonwealth
Habits of the heart
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
The Idea of a Communitarian Morality
Liberalism and the Moral Life
Philosophy and the Human Sciences
The Public and Its Problems
The Ethics of Authenticity
Justice and the Good From a Eudaimonistic Standpoint
Authenticity as a normative category
Reconciling the Solitudes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2015 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |