Politicized collective identity requires shared grievances, adversarial attributions, and societal involvement

Evidence

This artlcle develops a social psychological model of politicized collective identity that revolves around 3 conceptual triads. The 1st triad consists of collective identity, the struggle between groups for power, and the wider societal context. It is proposed that people evince politicized collective identity to the extent that they engage as selfconscious group members in a power struggle on behalf of their group knowing that it is the more inclusive societal context in which this struggle has to be fought out. Next, 3 antecedent stages leading to politicized collective identity are distinguished: awareness of shared grievances, adversarial attributions, and involvement of society at large. This sequence culminates in the final triad because the intergroup power struggle is eventually triangulated by involving society at large or representatives thereof. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4390

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines politicized collective identity through three antecedent stages and three conceptual triads, a compact framework worth retaining.
• XREF: connects to: Political movements require private indignation to coalesce into collective identity — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 20; National identity requires crafted enemies to become activist ideology — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1656; Partisan identity skews which conspiracist claims people credit — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 36 (+9 more)