Collective guilt depends on identification with relevant subgroups, not the nation as a whole.

Evidence

In Chapter 7, McGarty and Bliuc make the interesting point that collective guilt could reflect the operation of intragroup processes rather than identification at the level of the nation. Specifically, they argue that more specific subgroups within Australia are critical for predicting the degree to which collective guilt is experienced. They suggest that national identification can have different meanings that are not necessarily relevant for responses toward a minority group within a nation. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 100

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: whether Roccas et al.’s glorification/attachment distinction also needs to be assessed at subgroup rather than nation level.
• XREF: connects to: Whether shared ideologies raise or lower guilt depends on how they are deployed. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 593; Lower national identification predicts more collective guilt and reparation support; higher identification predicts less. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 689; High national identification blocks acceptance of the group’s immoral history; low attachment enables it. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 688 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Guilt acceptance is rooted in communal not national shared victimization. #exemplifies (0.85) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 127
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #complicates (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• Lower group identification predicts more collective guilt and stronger reparation advocacy #complicates (0.76) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 724
• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #expands (0.75) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• Collective guilt should track strong identification but actually tracks weak identification #complicates (0.74) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 828