Self-sacrifice for the collective is a key form of social capital.
Evidence
A prescriptive norm within a collectivity that constitutes an especially important form of social capital is the norm that one should forgo selfinterest and act in the interests of the collectivity. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 104
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Echoes the sacrifice essay’s thesis that self-immolation and self-abnegation stabilize collectivities — Coleman here theorizes as social capital exactly the sacrificial norm that piece treats as a governance mechanism.
- DEEPTHINKING: The move of classing ‘forgo self-interest for the collective’ AS capital — an asset — rather than as virtue or altruism reframes sacrifice as a fungible resource, worth sitting with.
- XREF: connects to: Social capital accrues value to others beyond those who create it. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 208; Sacrifice itself can generate the value of its goal — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 242; Social capital’s benefits mostly accrue to others, not its creator. (+4 more)
Related
- Exposure to intergroup conflict determines a population’s mix of self-interest and self-sacrifice. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Sacrifice itself can generate the value of its goal
#expands(0.82) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 242 - Social capital accrues value to others beyond those who create it.
#expands(0.78) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 208 - Social capital’s benefits mostly accrue to others, not its creator.
#expands(0.75) - Social capital exists as obligations, information flows, and sanctioned norms
#qualifies(0.72) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 236 - Extreme acts of self-sacrifice can function as argument rather than abandonment of it
#corroborates(0.70) — Jamal Awil, The Whispering Archive, 569