The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government
Referenced as the collective body that must be reorganized through group principles to achieve true democracy.
Part I: The Group Principle
Referenced as the collective body that constitutes the group through which democracy is realized.
I: The Group and the New Psychology
Referenced as 'we' and 'us' throughout, representing the collective who must learn democracy and study group psychology.
II: The Group Process: The Collective Idea
Represents the collective 'we' that emerges from the group process, embodying the united will.
III: The Group Process: The Collective Idea (Continued)
Referenced as the group that must engage in the creative process of unifying differences to achieve progress.
IV: The Group Process: The Collective Feeling
Referenced as the collective that generates sympathy and unity through the group process.
V: The Group Process: The Collective Will
Implied as the collective that must learn to evolve the social will day by day.
VI: The Unity of the Social Process
Referenced as the collective that creates the common will through civic activity and group life.
VII: The Individual
Implied as the collective whose social process creates and nourishes the individual.
VIII: Who Is the Free Man?
Referenced as the collective 'we' who must win freedom through fellowship and group consciousness.
IX: The New Individualism
Referenced as those who must learn cooperation and take part in evolving collective thought and will.
X: Society
Referenced as the collective that experiences the psychic process of society and the freedom to relate to multiple groups.
XI: The Self-and-Others Illusion
Referenced as the collective 'we' who are slowly purged of particularistic desires and come to realize human solidarity, especially through the war.
The Crowd Fallacy
Referenced as those who resent being used as part of a crowd and who feel emotional thrill in masses.
XIII: The Secret of Progress
Implied as the collective that must embrace conscious evolution and share in the creative process of democracy.
The Group Principle at Work
Referenced as the collective society that is gradually adopting community responsibility for crime and rethinking education and immigration.
From Contract to Community
Implied as the community that produces law through associated life and collective will.
Part II: The Traditional Democracy
Referenced as the collective subject of traditional democratic theory, whose will is misrepresented by majority rule.
XVI: Democracy Not “Liberty” and “Equality”: Our Political Dualism
Referenced as the collective that must become the state, with the state expressing the common will.
XVII: Democracy Not the Majority: Our Political Fallacy
Referenced as the governed who are physically helpless to govern themselves under majority rule, and as the collective that must produce an integrated will.
XVIII: Democracy Not the Crowd: Our Popular Delusion
Referred to as 'the people' who must rule through group methods, not as a crowd.
XIX: The True Democracy
The collective 'we' is invoked throughout as the agent of democratic living, learning to evolve collective ideas and commingle day by day.
XX: The Growth of Democracy in America
Referenced as the collective body that was not trusted by the framers of the Constitution, and as the 'united, responsible people' that should form the basis of a living democracy.
XXI: After Direct Government—What?
Referred to as the electorate that must be organized; the people are capable of more than imitation and must express the common will through group life.
Part III: Group Organization Democracy’s Method
Referenced as the collective body that must be organized into neighborhood groups for true democratic participation.
I: The Neighborhood Group
Implied as the collective subject that forms and participates in neighborhood groups.
XXII: Neighborhood Needs the Basis of Politics
Implied as the community that must recognize the integration of daily life and politics, and whose needs are to be articulated through neighborhood groups.
An Integrated Neighborhood
The collective 'we' is used throughout to refer to citizens and neighborhoods working together to build community and democracy.
Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization I
Described as not yet existing; must be created through integration and genuine group life.
Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization II
The collective group that neighborhood organization aims to empower, evolving genuine leaders from within.
XXVI: Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization III
Described as clever and desiring self-government, rejecting governments that disregard them, and capable of responsible citizenship through neighborhood groups.
XXVII: From Neighborhood to Nation: The Unifying State
Referenced as the collective that must create the state through neighborhood organization and direct participation.
II: The Occupational Group
Implied as the collective subject of democratic participation through occupational groups.
XXVIII: Political Pluralism
Referenced as the collective that must create small groups and build the federal state through lived experience.
XXIX: Political Pluralism and Sovereignty
Referenced as the collective from which genuine sovereignty and authority evolve through group interpenetration.
Political Pluralism and Functionalism
Referenced as the collective 'we' in the context of group interlocking and the need for the individual to express multiple sides through groups.
Political Pluralism and the True Federal State
Referenced as 'we' in the context of American understanding of federalism and the need for unity.
XXXII: Political Pluralism (Concluded)
Referenced as subjects striving to become 'kings of our own destiny' through living the life of a sovereign state.
XXXIII: Increasing Recognition of the Occupational Group
Referenced as 'we' in discussing the need for integration and experimentation.
Part III: The Dual Aspect of the Group
Referenced as the collective that forms groups and is also part of larger unions.
The Moral State and Creative Citizenship
Referenced as 'you and me' and 'the public,' emphasizing that democracy depends on every individual's active participation and responsibility.
XXXV: The World State
Implied as the collective that must learn a new patriotism and participate in building international unity.
Appendix: The Training for the New Democracy
Implied throughout as the collective body of citizens who must be trained for democracy through group activities, continuous education, and social responsibility.
Endnotes
Referenced as the collective that must judge schemes for occupational representation and as the subject of group process.
