Explaining Solidarity Through Metaphors: Two Examples From a Romanian Textbook

Solidarity is a complex, abstract, multifaceted concept that may be unpacked and used in variety of situations, ranging from socio-economic political contexts to the currently salient pandemic context. Defining solidarity, either theory or practice, requires connections other less abstract ideas, which are more familiar people. In this paper, I examine way solidarity defined explained Romanian social studies textbook for 6th graders. My analysis focuses on two metaphorical framings found textbook, namely ‘solidarity as exchange’ assistance’. discuss these examples metaphors context broader discussions surrounding construction intercultural society (of crucial value) textbooks.