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| Community: this concept refers to a group of people who share common characteristics, interests, or geographic proximity and interact with each other, often forming social bonds, norms, and a sense of belonging._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Robert Alexander Nisbet on Community - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 171 Community/Nisbet/Dagger: Robert Nisbet's The Quest for Community (1953)(1) provides an especially clear statement of this position, which draws more on Tocqueville's insistence on the importance of voluntary associations ofcitizens than on a longing for Gemeinschaft. Community, on Nisbet's account, is a form of association in which people more or less spontaneously work together to solve common problems and live under codes of authority they have generated themselves. But the free and healthy life of community is increasingly difficult to sustain, he argues, in the face of constant pressure from the modern state, with its impulses toward centralized power and bureaucratic regulation. >Communitarianism/Political Philosophy, >Communitarianism/Dagger, >Community/Tönnies. 1. Nisbet, Robert (1953) The Quest for Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dagger, Richard 2004. „Communitarianism and Republicanism“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Nisbet, Robert Alexander Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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