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Full Idea
In recent centuries the ideal of community has taken many forms, from class solidarity or shared citizenship to a common ethnic descent or cultural identity.
Gist of Idea
Community can focus on class or citizenship or ethnicity or culture
Source
Will Kymlicka (Community [1993], 'Intro')
Book Ref
'A Companion to Contemporary Political Phil', ed/tr. Goodin,R.E/Pettit,Philip [Blackwell 1995], p.366
A Reaction
Language and religion are not explicitly mentioned, but must be implied. Supporting a major sports team is also worth mentioning.
Related Idea
Idea 23411 Communitarians see justice as primarily a community matter, rather than a principle [Kymlicka]