...expression. One lives in the feeling of the whole and finds the chief aims of his will in that feeling. It is not to be supposed that the unity of the primary...ambitious; but the chief object of his ambition will be some desired place in the thought of others, and he will feel allegiance to common standards of service...

...expression. One lives in the feeling of the whole and finds the chief aims of his will in that feeling. It is not to be supposed that the unity of the primary...competitive unity, admitting of self-assertion and various appropriate passions; but these passions are socialized by sympathy, and come, or tend to come, under...

...expression. One lives in the feeling of the whole and finds the chief aims of his will in that feeling. It is not to be supposed that the unity of the primary...ambitious, but the chief object of his ambition will be some desired 1 Reprinted by permission from CH Cooley, Social Organization, pp. 23 ; 24 ; 25; 26-27;...

...(1962, 23). The most important characteristic seems to be the "we" feeling, which does not imply a pure harmony and love. "It is always a differentiated and...self-assertion and various appropriative passions ..." (p. 23V As significant examples of primary groups. Cooley lists the family, friends, the neighborhood...

...152, 84. 62 Ibid., 12, 115,366. vidualities in a common whole." The unity of the primary group was "always a differentiated and usually a competitive...self-assertion and various appropriative passions," but "socialized by sympathy" and disciplined by "a common spirit." Here in short was the human nature for...

...characterized by intimate face-to-face association and cooperation" with a unity not of "mere harmony," but always "a differentiated and usually a competitive unity, admitting of self-assertion and various appropriate passions; but these passions are socialized by sympathy and come, or tend to come, under...

...that one's very self, for many purposes at least, is the common life and purpose of the group. ... It is not to be supposed that the unity of the primary...and love. It is always a differentiated and usually competitive unity, admitting of self assertion and various appropriate passions. (p. 23) Family groups,...

...expression. One lives in the feeling of the whole and finds the chief aims of his will in that feeling. It is not to be supposed that the unity of the primary...ambitious, but the chief object of his ambition will be some desired place in the thought of the others, and he will feel allegiance to common standards of...

...feeling of the whole and finds the chief aims of his will in that feeling. . . . [The unity of this "we"] is always a differentiated and usually a competitive...or tend to come, under the discipline of a common spirit.8 The small groups Cooley describes seem to be simultaneously the "face-toface" particle associations,...

...of new forms of primary association. Thus, the primary group is not all positive for Cooley. 1t is usually a "competitive unity, admitting of self-assertion and various appropriative passions," but these tendencies are controlled by the common spirit. An individual may be ambitious, but that ambition includes...