Dissenting groups build in-group status on values the mainstream rejects

Evidence

“The only people for me are the mad ones,” writes Jack Kerouac in On the Road. “The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” Living in a 1950s America that cherished conformity, occupational success, and material possessions, Kerouac and his friends instead celebrated artistic talent, unorthodox morality, and peripatetic lifestyles. A mutual appreciation of these uncommon values formed strong bonds within a small community of novelists and poets forever known as the Beats. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 94

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Groups tolerate dissent unless it threatens identity-defining core beliefs — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1407; Status groups share beliefs that both cohere members and divide outsiders — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 95; Extreme ideological groups invert the usual in-group-favoritism basis of intergroup bias. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Extreme ideological groups invert the usual in-group-favoritism basis of intergroup bias. #exemplifies (0.82)
• Status groups share beliefs that both cohere members and divide outsiders #expands (0.80) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 95
• Groups tolerate dissent unless it threatens identity-defining core beliefs #qualifies (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1407