Solidarność – zapomniany fundament społeczeństwa obywatelskiego
Solidarity – the forgotten foundation of civil society

Author(s): Jakub Brejdak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: solidarity; collective person; community; civil society; responsibility
Summary/Abstract: Many scholars representing various fields of research are looking for an answer to what lies at the heart of civil society. One of the possible answers to that question is solidarity. The first part of this paper presents a short history of the concept of solidarity. The second part discusses two central political doctrines – liberalism and communitarianism – in the context of solidarity. The third part of this paper shows Max Scheler’s concept of a person, which unifies the dimension of solidarity and collectivity into one unity of acts. This unity can be considered a compromise between a liberal and a communitarian approach. Scheler’s concept of a person depicts it as a collective or encompassing act – a structure embedded in a communal stream of emotions, ideas, and motivations. The hallmark of a person is the co-responsibility to yourself and others. It means solidarity becomes the nature of a person.

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