Glorification may be reducible through political rhetoric without harming core group attachment.

Evidence

This separation of glorification and attachment is in some ways reassuring, because attachment to the ingroup appears to be a fundamental psychological need of the individual (Castano, 2004; Castano & Dechesne, 2005; Reid & Hogg, 2005), and is thus not something that we can hope to easily dispense with, or even significantly diminish. Fortunately, our findings do not indicate a need to reduce attachment. Although we know little about the genesis of glorifying tendencies, such tendencies may not reflect a necessary psychological need but rather an aspect of identification that is fueled by political rhetoric (Castano, 2008). If this is indeed the case, it is possible that the tendency to glorify the ingroup might be tamed without denying the individual a group identity altogether. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 115

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: how moral rhetoric in leaders manufactures glorification, making justice-blindness a cultivated rather than innate property of group loyalty.
• XREF: connects to: Glorification overlaps with but is not reducible to RWA or SDO. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 93; Ingroup cohesion can occur without producing outgroup hostility or prejudice.; Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 138 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• In-group glorification but not attachment predicts justifying harm against out-groups #qualifies (0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2115
• Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. #expands (0.80) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 113
• Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. #qualifies (0.78) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 138
• Uncritical in-group glorification, not mere attachment, drives justification of wrongdoing #qualifies (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2115
• National glorification but not attachment blocks critical evaluation of ingroup wrongdoing. #qualifies (0.78) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 25
• Ingroup cohesion can occur without producing outgroup hostility or prejudice. #corroborates (0.75)
• A leader can defuse an insurrection through cathartic rhetoric rather than concessions. #exemplifies (0.74) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1120