Collective guilt requires group membership recognition plus perceived group responsibility for a humanitarian violation.

Evidence

A useful place to start considering the social psychology of collective guilt is to examine its antecedents. Branscombe, Doosje, and McGarty (2002) argued that there are two preconditions for collective guilt. These are that people cannot feel collective guilt unless they (a) recognize that they belong to a group (without necessarily strongly identifying with that group) and (b) they see that group as responsible for some humanitarian violation. Collective guilt should be augmented to the extent that there is (c) a continuing status advantage for the dominant group and (d) there is a conflict within the dominant group. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 791

Categorization

• QUESTION: The list of preconditions is cut off mid-sentence and continues across a paragraph break; worth chasing the full four-precondition model in the original Branscombe et al. chapter.
• XREF: connects to: Collective guilt requires admitting in-group responsibility and spurs reparations — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the…, 65; Perceived group responsibility for inequity produces collective guilt — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 441; Illegitimacy of group inequality is a necessary precondition for collective guilt. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 572 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Perceived group responsibility for inequity produces collective guilt #corroborates (0.92) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 441
• Guilt requires self-categorizing as a group member #corroborates (0.86) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 20
• Collective guilt is felt when the self’s group illegitimately harmed another group #expands (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 0
• Guilt can be felt for one’s group’s moral violations without personal responsibility #corroborates (0.84) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 146
• Collective guilt requires admitting in-group responsibility and spurs reparations #expands (0.82) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 65
• Group members feel collective guilt for historical ingroup harm they did not cause. #exemplifies (0.82) — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 56
• Illegitimacy of group inequality is a necessary precondition for collective guilt. #qualifies (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 572
• Collective guilt is distress over ingroup immorality without legal responsibility #qualifies (0.74) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 70
• Vicarious group responsibility for others’ suffering triggers shame or guilt. #exemplifies (0.74) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 63