Introduction: to study the idea of solidarity; Part I. Three Traditions of
Solidarity: 1. Solidarity in classic social theory; 2. Politics: solidarity
from Marx to Bernstein; 3. Religion: solidarity in Catholicism and
Protestantism; Part II. The Idea of Solidarity in Politics in Western
Europe: 4. European variations of solidarity discourses in social
democracy; 5. A comparative perspective on social democratic solidarity; 6.
The great challenger: the Christian democratic idea of solidarity; 7. The
languages of modern social democratic and Christian democratic solidarity;
8. Two excursions: Marxist-Leninist and fascist solidarity; Part III.
Present Precariousness of Solidarity: 9. Solidarity in modern social
philosophy and Christian ethics; 10. Epilogue: hope and challenges -
individualisation, consumerism and globalisation.
