Group isolation filters perception and enables depersonalizing outsiders.
Evidence
Another consequence of group cohesiveness is the tendency to encourage the pursuit of violence. As isolation deepens, most communication comes from within the group, and information about the outside world is filtered through the group. Growing misperceptions reinforce group beliefs and values. It becomes easier to depersonalize victims and to see the enemy as unmitigatingly hostile. The need to deflect internal conflict that might disturb a vital harmony may lead to extreme aggressiveness toward outside enemies. Desperate attempts by terrorists to free imprisoned comrades are clearly related to the mutual interdependence of the group. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4148
Categorization
- XREF: Social isolation making an identity stick — the collective-group face of the essentialist bind the reader asks whether strategic identity performance can be sustained collectively without genuine internalization. — connects to: Group isolation drives violence by filtering outside information and depersonalizing victims — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4148; Group isolation produces collective misperception and redirected violence against outsiders; Group membership socializes paranoia by collectivizing shared delusion — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 156 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Group isolation drives violence by filtering outside information and depersonalizing victims
#corroborates(0.98) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4148 - Group isolation produces collective misperception and redirected violence against outsiders
#corroborates(0.95) - Feeling closer to ingroup members increases dehumanization of outgroups
#expands(0.80) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 529 - Group behavior arises from depersonalized self-representation as interchangeable category exemplars
#expands(0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1607 - Group membership socializes paranoia by collectivizing shared delusion
#qualifies(0.70) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 156