Community

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Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex, UK)

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Routledge
29 March 2018

Cultural studies; Social groups; Sociology

Series: Key Ideas

The increasing atomization of modern society has been accompanied by an enduring nostalgia for the idea of community as a source of security and belonging in an increasingly insecure world. Far from disappearing, community has been revived by transnationalism and by new kinds of individualism. Gerard Delanty begins this stimulating critical introduction to the concept with an analysis of the origins of the idea of community in Western utopian thought, and as a theme in classical sociology and anthropology. He goes on to chart the resurgence of the idea within communitarian thought and postmodern philosophies, the complications and critiques of multiculturalism, and new manifestations of community within a society where changing modes of communication produce both fragmentation and possibilities of new social bonds. Contemporary community, he argues, is essentially a communication community based on belonging and sharing, and can be a powerful voice of political opposition. The communities of today are less spatially bounded than those of the past, but they cannot dispense with the need for a sense of belonging. The communicative ties and cultural structures of contemporary societies have opened up numerous possibilities for belonging based on religion, nationalism, ethnicity, lifestyle and gender.

By: Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 288g
ISBN: 9781138068148
ISBN 10: 1138068144
Series: Key Ideas
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 29 March 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of The European Heritage: A Critical Re-Interpretation (2018).

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Community

3rd edition

Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex, UK)

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