Giddings proposed that recognizing others as similar underlies human society
Evidence
The phrase ‘consciousness of kind’ was coined by the American sociologist Franklin Henry Giddings (1855–1931), and was first elaborated in The Principles of Sociology (1896). Giddings sought to define the fundamental underlying law that defined human society. He defined ‘consciousness of kind’ as “a state of consciousness in which any being, whether low or high in the scale of life, recognises another conscious being as of like kind with itself.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1076
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the exact origin and content of ‘consciousness of kind,’ the concept Ambedkar quotes to argue caste is a closed form of this recognition.
- XREF: connects to: Interpreting others presupposes shared rationality and a common world. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 420; Collective identity is a shared place in the social world; Formal similarity of social position creates solidarity regardless of personal character — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 595 (+8 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Interpreting others presupposes shared rationality and a common world. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 420; Collective identity is a shared place in the social world; Formal similarity of social position creates solidarity regardless of personal character — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 595 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- People simulate similar others’ minds but explain dissimilar others through general knowledge
#complicates(0.76) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 381 - Motives activated by social context go beyond similarity to drive further identification.
#complicates(0.72) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 66 - Shared universal traits make the stranger simultaneously near and far
#complicates(0.71) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 397