Morális cselekvés és az identitás felépítése - Moral Action and the Construction of Identity

Collective action and collective identity are constructed in the dynamics of community life. Community links the individual to a system of meaning by means of collective identity. But community as a system and as a semantic structure can only exist in an updated form through certain means of communication whose meanings – either a protest, a commemoration or a narrative – refer to a sense of community. The self-referential communication of the community, its routines and norms ensure that this type of verbal expression could be utilized whenever is needed. The concepts of the present paper are based on the results of the research project Community relationships, according to which public action, civic culture and solidarity emerge from community life