Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Community as an idea: loss and recovery 2. Community and society: myths of modernity 3. Urban community: locality and belonging 4. Political community: communitarianism and citizenship 5. Community and difference: varieties of multiculturalism 6. Communities of dissent: the idea of communication communities 7. Postmodern community: community beyond unity 8. Cosmopolitan community: between the local and the global 9. Virtual community: belonging as communication Conclusion: Theorizing community today

About the Author

Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of The European Heritage: A Critical Re-Interpretation (2018).