From socially motivated lay historians to lay censors: Epistemic conformity and defensive group identification
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This article examines why people cooperate with the silencing and censorship efforts of authorities that deprive them of historical knowledge. We analyze two motivational factors that account for people’s adherence to the “official” historical narrative and their willingness to serve as lay censors silencing and suppressing alternative historical narratives of the group. The first factor is epistemic conformity which is the motivation to believe in the veridicality of the consensual ingroup’s historical narrative. The second factor is a defensive form of identification with the group in glorifying and narcissistic ways. Polish and Israeli examples are discussed to illustrate societal backlash to historical discoveries that present the national ingroup in a negative manner.
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Collective narcissism is not in itself a construal of social identity or ingroup identification.
“Thus, collective narcissism is not in itself a construal of social identity (cf.Klar & Bilewicz, 2017) or ingroup identification (cf.Cichocka, 2016).”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Klar & Bilewicz, 2017
Collective narcissism uniquely predicted biased negative perception (as less competent and credible) and anger towards historians who analyzed and reported crimes perpetrated by ethnic Poles during World War II.
“In studies they reviewed, collective narcissism uniquely predicted biased negative perception (as less competent and credible) and anger towards historians who analyzed and reported crimes perpetrated by ethnic Poles during World War II.”
From Collective Narcissism: Political Consequences of Investing Self‐Worth in the Ingroup’s Image (2019) · cites this paper as Klar and Bilewicz (2017)
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- Authors
- Klar, Y., & Bilewicz, M.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Klar, Yechiel
- ORCID
- Bilewicz, Michał
- Venue
- Memory Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-06-29
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 334-346
- ISSN
- 1750-6980 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-6999
- OpenAlex
- W2726629233
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 21.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Memory Studies (publishedVersion)
- ReIn UW (University of Warsaw) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Tel Aviv University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Memory, History, Trauma, Identity
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Philosophy, History, and Historiography
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Memory, violence, and history
- Keywords
- official historical narratives, historical memory, Polish-Jewish relations, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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