Homogeneous group spirit can result from identical contributions

Evidence

This allowed us to conceive of the possibility that even in the case of the highest development of the latter they could consciously or unconsciously be eliminated, and the behavior of the individual could exclusively be determined by the former. Thus, a homogeneous group spirit could result from contributions which had become identical. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 1978

Categorization

• DEFINE: Simmel’s mechanism for how heterogeneous individuals converge on a common group level through suppressing higher layers.