CHAPTER XIII
Theorizingzindoctrination and the construction of an
ABORIGINAL TORLD IN WHICH IDENTITY IS LOCATED
13,1 Indoctrination
In the social construction of reality, it is of the first importance,
according to Sorokin (1947:388), that leaders use every method possible
for continuous-inculcation of values, norms, meanings.
Sorokin sees indoctrination in all forms as most essential,
particularly in the area of the law-norms of a group.
Berger places similar importance on the necessity for theorizing,
that is, Objectivating meanings:
Men not only experience themselves, they explain
themselves. Every socially constructed world
contains a psychological model. Once formed the
psychological model can act back upon the psychological
reality. The model has realizing potency (Berger,
1971:98).
There is abundant evidence in the social construction of the Strelley
‘world* of the awareness of the need for indoctrination, the need
for theorizing to project a model of the ’world’ with which individuals
may interact to form identity.
In the analysis of theorizing which now follows, it is possible
to see the Mob’s theorizing patterned in ways that reflect Sorokin’s
(1947:381 f£) analysis of the inherent and external factors of group
continuity.
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The theorizing dwells on the component of the vehicles of the
group e.g., language, territory and life-history. The theorizing
is brought to bear with great emphasis on the development of symbols
and basic rules of the group (Sorokin, 1947:382). In particular,
the theorizing constantly brings every facet of life back within
the law-norms, Contexting the whole of life within the Law.
There is theorizing about "the adoption of certain new elements
that do not destroy the identity of the group" (Sorokin, 1947:382).
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