Solidarność ideologiczna i granice społeczeństwa według Karla Mannheima, Antonia Gramsciego, Ernesta Laclaua i Chantal Mouffe
Ideological Solidarity and Boundaries of the Society according to Karl Mannheim, Antonio Gramsci, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe

Author(s): Jan Kozubowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: solidarity; ideology; hegemony; utopia; Mannheim
Summary/Abstract: In the article the author presents different approaches to the issue of “How is society possible?” by referring to the theories of Karl Mannheim, Antonio Gramsci, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. By highlighting the common elements in these theories, the author demonstrates that social solidarity is both ideological and utopian. It is ideological because it produces a hegemonic system that tries to establish itself as a totality, but it can never achieve it (the place of totality is empty). Moreover, it is also utopian because it connects people by articulating this lack of totality. The author aims to show how this distinction correlates with the more general assumption that society is an endless game of differences.

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