ALAIN LOCKE AND COMMUNITY |
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Authors: | LEONARD HARRIS |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1360, USA |
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Abstract: | Locke consistently argues for the importance of cosmopolitan identity, i.e., cultural-citizenship. Paradoxically, he also argues for the importance of particular, local, and racial/ethnic identities. People have a natural instinct that Locke terms a consciousness of kind, to bond with persons in relatively closed communities. Communities are not natural social groups for Locke, but historical social constructions. I argue that Locke's ethical and conceptual paradox is revolved by considering the relationship between instincts and particular social groups as asymmetrical; that groups are inherently constructed, and thus require continual revaluation. Particular communities are, at best, Gemeinschaft. |
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Keywords: | asymmetry community consciousness of kind cosmopolitanism culture-citizen instincts particularity race social group universality |
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