Shodakoh market: the formula for building solidarity in the midst of crisis

This article uses the shodaqoh market as an object of research with four focuses of study: economic limitations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic do not necessarily make people become wolves for others, homo homini lupus, as stated by Thomas Hobbes. Second economic limitations can turn into abundance when people give to each other. My relationship pattern becomes – I thou, not I – it. Third, the Shodaqoh market is here to prove that at some point there are similarities in the quality of solidarity between premodern and modern societies. This is certainly diferent from the view of the sociologist Emile Durkheim in his study of organic solidarity and mechanical solidarity which clearly distinguishes the quality of solidarity between these two groups of people. Fourth, this solidarity is rooted in religious teachings about alms. This study uses the thinking of Thomas Hobbes, Martin Buber, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber as an analytical tool. The research method used is a qualitative research method with a descriptive analysis approach. The pattern of approach used is Focus Group Discussion