Individual, group and Society
A world consists of societies, a society consists of groups, and a group consists of individuals. People who share common purposes or goals would form a group. Common purposes or goals create solidarity - the sense of we-ness in a group. As the forms of solidarity, attraction, loyalty, identification and association exists in a group. What does attraction, loyalty, identification and association mean in the relationships among individuals in a group. In what occasion, these things can be seen in real life. A group can be also formed by people who share common characteristics or conditions. How Samuel P. Oliner, one of Holocaust survivor, think the difference of groups in such extreme condition. To accomplish a task sometimes needs help, but wants to accomplish without any assistance. Eventually failed to accomplish the task. In what situation can this dilemma, which is caused by persistence and attachment to a task, be seen? As well as an individual has conflict in his/herself, groups, which formed by individuals, have conflict in themselves. It is sometimes called social conflict. What are attraction, loyalty, identification and association as forms of solidarity? In the textbook attraction is defined as positive affective at
I have little knowledge about Jewish and Nazi in Second World War. I should have seen "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg. Anyway a sociologist Samuel P. Oliner, a Holocaust survivor, investigated nonprimordial rescue behavior during the Holocaust. He might have performed the research objectively as a sociologist and subjectively as a Holocaust survivor. If this subject were investigated only in terms of "sociology", the result would be that no particular reasons why non-Jewish people helped Jewish because no common factor was found among rescures and Jewish people. But his experience might give one good answer to the research that overcomes any factors or reasons. It is extensivity. In the textbook extensivity is defined that an orientation to the world that focuses outward toward others and that emphasizes both the common humanity of all persons as well as an ethical obligation to help all persons in need (77). In that case nothing was common among rescuers and Jewish, but the sense of we-ness as human could be the reason. Data does not always explain everything. "We are the one" might explain something in this case. "Japanese people work for the company rather than for his or her family." This might be one of popular topics when American people make fun of Japanese. When Japanese people were called "Economic Animal" (they still might be called so?), the loyalty of Japanese people (in this case people who are working for a company) to a company was stronger than that of to a family. Loyalty refers to attraction to groups as groups (73). In that case, Japanese people might be attracted to the salary rather than a company. Attraction in the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife and parent and child. Loyalty to a company. Different identification in different situation. Many types of association in a society. All based on the relationship of individuals and groups. How they interact categorize the relationship. The view of a sociologist and a Holocaust survivor gave very important aspect to the research that data could not tell. My dilemma caused by persistence and attachment prevents me from accomplishing a task. And positive conflict that makes things better. By viewing things from different aspects or categories, we might be able to see relationship that makes things together.
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