Participation itself changes participants’ self-conceptions before any external victory

Evidence

On the basis of other research (Davis et al., 1996; Galinsky & Moskowitz, 2000), it can be expected that in the process of taking the perspective of the disadvantaged group, aspects of the self-concept are activated and applied to the disadvantaged group, which results in greater overlap between the self and the disadvantaged group. Lower identifiers will not perceive themselves strongly as a member of the group to which they belong, especially when this group has acted immorally towards another group (Spears et al., 1999). Therefore, it may be easier for them to imagine themselves as a member of the disadvantaged group and have empathy for the disadvantaged group as a whole. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1091 (#expands, via linked claim)

However, the shared nature of the fire, bombing, or other threat can operate to make these people see themselves as grouped together as one. In Gestalt terms, the social “figure and ground” shifts from “me in relation to other individuals” to “us in relation to the emergency”. Thus common fate operates as a form of comparative fit, enhancing perceptions of within-group similarity and clarifying group boundaries (Turner, 1981) in relation to the emergency. It is the basis of emergent shared social identity with others in the same situation. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49 (#expands, via linked claim)

In that very struggle is a change of consciousness, a change of self-recognition, a new process of identification, the emergence into visibility of a new subject. A subject that was always there, but emerging, historically. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 234 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: EJ groups succeed by building power outside formal decision-making structures; Forcing decisions into open view with informed residents converts hopelessness into winning power; Taking another group’s perspective activates self-concept and increases perceived self-other overlap — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1091 (+5 more)

Related

• Taking another group’s perspective activates self-concept and increases perceived self-other overlap (similarity 0.80)
• Common fate shifts self-categorisation from individuals to a group (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Taking another group’s perspective activates self-concept and increases perceived self-other overlap #expands (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1091
• Common fate shifts self-categorisation from individuals to a group #expands (0.80) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Political struggle generates historically emergent self-recognition of subjects #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 234
• Outbidding is context dependent and can phase-shift toward moderation after in-group victory #qualifies (0.75) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 69
• Ingroup membership is a shifting, context-dependent self-definition tied to self-enhancement #expands (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 424
• People change their own minds; persuasion attempts play a small role #corroborates (0.72) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 215