Original scientific paper

Towards the Theory of »Invisible Community«

Aleksandar Štulhofer ; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb

Abstract

The aim of this work was to clarify the notion of (local) urban community. I was trying to demonstrate inability of both traditional views — emphasizing the emotional structure (community decline theory; »saved community « theory) — to lead as toward the proper definition of contemporary urban community.
By defining the sense of belonging (as the consequence of the »evocativeness « of local space) and the process of collective interest formation around community resources (followed by collective action) we found two basic principles fo the sense-of community creation. Latter is, we argue, the (active) core of local urban community. Thus, we proposed the notion of »invisible community« — describing the fudamental instability of urban sense-of-community.
Offered definition views urban (local) community as evocative space that encompasses the largest number of existential activities of its dwellers and the net of individual, group and institutional interactions — creating, thus, the possibilities of collective action (based on interest compatibility) that leads toward formation of the sense-of community...

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Hrčak ID:

155229

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155229

Publication date:

31.12.1990.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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