Both Freedom and Belonging

Both Freedom and Belonging

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In the book Both Freedom and Belonging, sociologist Slavica Jakelić analyzes the causes of the unrealized predictions of Western social theorists that religious and national forms of belonging will be replaced by other, more rational and „noble“ identities and attachments, including solidarity articulated through universalist discourses of cosmopolitanism and ideas and practices of human rights. Placing Croatian preoccupations within a global and comparative perspective, Jakelić connects the emphatically separated insights of sociology, religious studies, history and political philosophy. Through this interdisciplinary prism, she examines the meanings and connections between religion, nationalism and solidarity and asks: Why have nationalisms surprised us again? Why religion remains a blind spot in the social sciences, especially in the context of the analysis of collective identities? Do Croatian historical experiences or some more recent discourses on the rights of refugees and migrants offer a different, more constructive perspective when it comes to the relationship between the ethics of identity and the ethics of solidarity?

At a time when populist exclusivity represents an exceptional challenge to democracy and democratic pluralism, the author shows why it is necessary to approach the relations between particular identities and universal humanist ideals in a new and more constructive way.

  • ISBN: 978-953-369-049-0
  • Dimensions: 128x200 mm
  • Number of pages: 128
  • Cover: paperback
  • Year of the edition: 2024