Distancing from a wrongdoer is a collectivity strategy linked particularly to shame.

Evidence

A final strategy for managing collective responsibility for the actions of ingroup members is to distance oneself from the wrongdoer. Distancing, which we have found is particularly linked to shame, may reduce the application of collective sanctions because it signals to a harmed outgroup that the wrongdoer “really isn’t part of us.” This disavowal may reduce the extenttowhichoutsidersseetheactasreflectingtherealnatureofthegroup … In its most extreme form, distancing and punishment may combine in acts of repudiation in which the offending group member is excised from the group through banishment or death. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 365

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Shame arises from individual isolation and dissolves within collective action — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 735; Collective guilt predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 346

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing. #corroborates (0.95) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 346
• Shame arises from individual isolation and dissolves within collective action #complicates (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 735