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This chapter provides an overview of the seminal works on collective consciousness in social psychology and Jungian (analytical) psychology. The two theories that are most relevant to understanding the collective self in social psychology are social identity theory and social categorisation theory. The chapter refers particularly to the work of Tajfel, Turner, Hofstede, Inglehart, and Jung.
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The contemporary use of the term ‘phenomenology’ was adopted by several philosophers and sociologists who sought to develop ‘a science of phenomena that would clarify how objects are experienced and present themselves to our consciousness’ (Spinelli, 2005, p. 6). In psychology, phenomenology refers to the data of consciousness, or the methodology utilised in order to determine what is ‘knowable.’
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Walker, A. (2018). Collective Consciousness in Psychology. In: Collective Consciousness and Gender. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54414-8_4
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