Social-identity and privilege threats also deter collective guilt beyond reparation costs.
Evidence
Deterrents to collective guilt are not limited to the difļ¬ culty of reparations. Other deterrents to collective guilt (i.e. reasons for not engaging in reparations) might include the costs that reparations incur in terms of the social identity of dominant group members. Establishing egalitarian intergroup relations is likely to result in real material costs (in terms of resources and power) to high-status groups, and reductions in the privileges and status that some groups hold over others are likely to result in costs to the social identities of high-status groups. ā Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparationsā¦, 73
Categorization
- XREF: Extends the synthesis claim by naming identity/status costs, not just material reparation difficulty, as deterrents. ā connects to: Collective guilt follows an inverted-U curve peaking when reparations require moderate effort. ā Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: Internationalā¦, 574; Guilt is maximized when reparation costs are moderate or uncertain. ā Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: Internationalā¦, 580; Collective guilt is contested through ideological debate between privileged and disadvantaged groups. ā Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: Internationalā¦, 592 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- High identification with a group suppresses collective guilt, not only enables it.
#expands(0.88) ā Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradoxā¦, 63 - Collective guilt peaks at moderate rather than low or high reparation difficulty
#qualifies(0.85) ā Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparationsā¦, 4 - Collective guilt depends on identiļ¬cation with relevant subgroups, not the nation as a whole.
#qualifies(0.75) ā Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 100