Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community
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Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that critically rethinks the concept of community, emphasizing shared obligation, exposure, and vulnerability rather than identity or belonging.
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Target entity: Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community Context triple: [Roberto Esposito, notableWork, Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community]
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A.
The Quest for Community
The Quest for Community is a seminal sociological work by Robert Nisbet that critiques modern individualism and explores the human need for stable, meaningful social bonds and intermediate institutions.
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B.
Habits of the Heart
Habits of the Heart is a widely influential sociological study of individualism and community in American life, co-authored by Robert N. Bellah and colleagues.
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C.
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind is a book by economist Raghuram Rajan that argues for restoring the role of local communities as a counterbalance to the power of markets and the state in modern society.
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D.
The Consequences of Modernity
The Consequences of Modernity is a seminal sociological work by Anthony Giddens that analyzes how modern social institutions, risk, and globalization transform everyday life and reshape our understanding of time, space, and identity.
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E.
“A Community of Communities”
“A Community of Communities” is the civic motto of King, a municipality that emphasizes its identity as a collection of distinct yet interconnected local communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community Target entity description: Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that critically rethinks the concept of community, emphasizing shared obligation, exposure, and vulnerability rather than identity or belonging.
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A.
The Quest for Community
The Quest for Community is a seminal sociological work by Robert Nisbet that critiques modern individualism and explores the human need for stable, meaningful social bonds and intermediate institutions.
-
B.
Habits of the Heart
Habits of the Heart is a widely influential sociological study of individualism and community in American life, co-authored by Robert N. Bellah and colleagues.
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C.
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind is a book by economist Raghuram Rajan that argues for restoring the role of local communities as a counterbalance to the power of markets and the state in modern society.
-
D.
The Consequences of Modernity
The Consequences of Modernity is a seminal sociological work by Anthony Giddens that analyzes how modern social institutions, risk, and globalization transform everyday life and reshape our understanding of time, space, and identity.
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E.
“A Community of Communities”
“A Community of Communities” is the civic motto of King, a municipality that emphasizes its identity as a collection of distinct yet interconnected local communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philosophy
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political theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Esposito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
communitas
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exposure ⓘ immunity ⓘ munus ⓘ shared obligation ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Giorgio Agamben
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Luc Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPublication | Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
community
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ethics ⓘ political philosophy of community ⓘ social ontology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
community as a lack rather than a property
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community grounded in obligation (munus) rather than identity ⓘ tension between communitas and immunitas ⓘ |
| opposesView |
community as belonging
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community as identity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Communitas. Origine e destino della comunità NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roberto Esposito’s community–immunity trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | deconstruction of traditional concept of community ⓘ |
| proposesView | community as shared obligation and exposure ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Einaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
researchers in social and political philosophy
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scholars of philosophy ⓘ students of political theory ⓘ |
| theoreticalTradition |
Italian political philosophy
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contemporary continental philosophy ⓘ |
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