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An examination of the complementary role of esteem- & respect-based solidarity in the development of a postconventional self in the postconventional society. Respect-based solidarity, based on the work of Jurgen Habermas, is more applicable to problems of political justice & leads to learning processes with wider appeal. By contrast, esteem-based solidarity, derived from the writings of Paul Ricoeur & Axel Honneth, builds on strongly evaluative interpretations. It is argued that esteem-based solidarity lacks the learning processes necessary for insights into problems of exclusion. J. Sadler

Bringing together contributions from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and philosophy, along with ethnographic case studies from diverse settings, this volume explores how different disciplinary perspectives on the good might engage with and enrich each other. The chapters examine how people realize the good in social life, exploring how ethics and values relate to forms of suffering, power and inequality, and, in doing so, demonstrate how focusing on the good enhances social theory. This is the first interdisciplinary engagement with what it means to study the good as a fundamental aspect of social life