The Birth of SolidarityFranois Ewald's landmark The Birth of Solidarityfirst published in French in 1986, revised in 1996, with the revised edition appearing here in English for the first timeis one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of the welfare state. Theorizing the origins of social insurance, Ewald shows how the growing problem of industrial accidents in France throughout the nineteenth century tested the limits of classical