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A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise political
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
 and social
Power (sociology)

Power is a measure of a person's ability to control the environment around them, including the behavior of other people. The term authority is often used for power, perceived as legitimate by the social structure....
 power and to make decisions on a consensus
Consensus

Consensus has two common meanings. One is a general Wiktionary:agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision making and follow-up action....
-driven and egalitarian
Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism or Equalism is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political freedom, economic freedom, social justice, and civil rights rights....
 basis. Collectives differ from cooperative
Cooperative

A cooperative is defined by the International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled business....
s in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving (but can be that as well).

A commune
Commune (intentional community)

A commune is an intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, property, possessions, resources, employment and income....
 or intentional community
Intentional community

An intentional community is a planned residential community designed to have a much higher degree of teamwork than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or Spirituality vision and are often part of the alternative society....
, which may also be known as a "collective household", is a group of people who live together in some kind of dwelling or residence, or in some other arrangement (eg.






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A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise political
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
 and social
Power (sociology)

Power is a measure of a person's ability to control the environment around them, including the behavior of other people. The term authority is often used for power, perceived as legitimate by the social structure....
 power and to make decisions on a consensus
Consensus

Consensus has two common meanings. One is a general Wiktionary:agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision making and follow-up action....
-driven and egalitarian
Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism or Equalism is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political freedom, economic freedom, social justice, and civil rights rights....
 basis. Collectives differ from cooperative
Cooperative

A cooperative is defined by the International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled business....
s in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving (but can be that as well).

A commune
Commune (intentional community)

A commune is an intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, property, possessions, resources, employment and income....
 or intentional community
Intentional community

An intentional community is a planned residential community designed to have a much higher degree of teamwork than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or Spirituality vision and are often part of the alternative society....
, which may also be known as a "collective household", is a group of people who live together in some kind of dwelling or residence, or in some other arrangement (eg. sharing land). Collective households may be organized for a specific purpose (eg. relating to business, parenting
Parenting

Parenting is the process of raising and Education a child from childbirth, or before, until adulthood.In the case of humans, it is usually done by the Parent#Biological parents and parental testing of the child in question , although governments and society take a role as well....
, or some other shared interest).

Collective consciousness
Collective consciousness

Collective consciousness refers to the shared beliefs and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society. This term was used by the French social theorist ?mile Durkheim in his books The Division of Labour , The Rules of Sociological Method , Suicide , and The Elementary Forms of Religious Life ....
 is a term created by French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 social theorist Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim

?mile Durkheim was a France sociologist whose contributions were instrumental in the formation of sociology and anthropology. His work and editorship of the first journal of sociology, L'Ann?e Sociologique, helped establish sociology within academia as an accepted Social sciences....
 that describes how an entire community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 comes together to share similar values.

The term "collective" is sometimes used to describe a species as a whole—for example, the "human collective."

See also

  • collective bargaining
    Collective bargaining

    Collective bargaining is the process whereby workers organize together to meet, converse, and compromise upon the work environment with their employers....
  • collective farming
    Collective farming

    Collective farming is an organization of agricultural production in which the holdings of several farmers are run as a joint enterprise. A collective farm is essentially an agricultural cooperative in which members-owners engage jointly in farming activities....
  • collective noun
  • collectivism
    Collectivism

    Collectivism is a term used to describe any moral, political, or social outlook, that stresses human interdependence and the importance of a collective, rather than the importance of separate individuals....
  • kibbutz
    Kibbutz

    A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
  • mutual aid
    Mutual aid

    'Mutual aid' may refer to:*Mutual aid , a tenet of anarchist thought*Mutual aid , an agreement between emergency responders*...
  • workplace democracy
    Workplace democracy

    Workplace democracy is the application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace.It usually involves or requires more use of lateral methods like arbitration when workplace disputes arise....


External links

  • Andrew W. Smith, 2003
  • An example of a group of musicians who have bonded together in a collective