Social context becomes internalised and shapes desires.

Evidence

In other words, context is not just an external force to respond to, but also an internalised force that shapes the way members make sense of their needs and desires. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 50

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how individuals are shaped by systems — parallels Foucault-adjacent treatments of internalization. — connects to: Social precepts can become interiorized until external compulsion becomes unnecessary — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 6435; Individual motives become social only through forms of mutual interaction — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 194; Social pressure converts a people into a set of shared psychological traits — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 219 (+8 more)
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 50

Related

• Social precepts can become interiorized until external compulsion becomes unnecessary (similarity 0.84)
• Internalized needs remain heteronomous products of dominant interests. (similarity 0.82)
• Successful socialization replaces external control with internal self-sanctions. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Social precepts can become interiorized until external compulsion becomes unnecessary #corroborates (0.95) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 6435
• Successful socialization replaces external control with internal self-sanctions. #corroborates (0.88) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 69
• Outward practices create inner desires rather than express them #corroborates (0.85) — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 1068
• Individual motives become social only through forms of mutual interaction #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 194
• Humans are constituted by their social relations rather than an intrinsic essence #expands (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2517
• People vary widely in how strongly they internalize nonprejudiced ideals #exemplifies (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2124
• Social pressure converts a people into a set of shared psychological traits #corroborates (0.72) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 219