It is not the similarity or dissimilarity of individuals that constitutes a group, but interdependence of fate.
Kurt Zadek Lewin Connected to the Carolinas
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Kurt Lewin (1939) "When facing danger". In Lewin, G. W. (Ed.), Resolving Social Conflict. London: Harper & Row.
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