Victim groups seek agentic power while perpetrator groups seek moral reacceptance

Evidence

In contrast, members of historical victim groups experience the need to restore their agentic identity—that is, to gain influence, self-determination, and a stronger voice and standing in society. They seek acknowledgment from the perpetrator group of its moral debt (Minow 1998) to the victim group, as such acknowledgment empowers the victim group, granting them control over whether and how this moral debt is repaid. Put differently, members of historical perpetrator and victim groups experience identity threats and are motivated to restore the horizontal and vertical dimensions of their social identity, respectively. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 65

Categorization

• XREF: Directly reinforces the asymmetry thesis in the existing synthesis distinguishing victim-group agentic-identity restoration from perpetrator-group moral-identity restoration. — connects to: Reparations raise perpetrator groups’ moral standing and reduce intergroup tension — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 725; Reconciliation work must target perpetrator and high-power group members’ affect, not only victims’. — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 29; Victims need empowerment while perpetrators need moral acceptance for reconciliation — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 37 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Victim and perpetrator groups pursue agentic versus moral identity restoration respectively. #corroborates (0.97) — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 140
• Competitive victimhood serves opposite identity needs for victims versus perpetrator groups. #expands (0.85) — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 122
• Atonement must let perpetrator groups retain a positive moral identity #exemplifies (0.83) — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations, 155
• Perpetrator and victim groups favor accepting versus assigning guilt #expands (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 152
• Claiming the greatest-victim status grants moral absolution for present violence #exemplifies (0.79) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1554