post-national solidarity
What is post-national solidarity? According to Seyla-Benhabib, it is
“about creating the enlarged mentality, by teaching us to see from the standpoint of others, even when we do not agree with them. We extend the boundaries of our sympathy by understanding the conditions of others who may be radically different than us. At its best journalism does this; it extends your vision of the world by making you see the world through the eyes of the others. it informs you, as well as stretching your empathy across time and space. The best kind of journalism has this capacity of uniting the dignity of the generalized other with the empathy for the concrete other.”
From a great interview between Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Seyla Benhabib in the latest issue of Journalism Studies (9.6, 2008, pp 962-970) “On the Public Sphere, Deliberation, Journalism and Dignity”.
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