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Another variation of the superior-inferior relation is the 
relationship indicated by the word “prestige.” This rela- 
tionship, however, does not contain any superpersonal ele- 
ment. For that reason the existence of an active, sponta- 
neous participation on the part of those who admit the 
prestige of an individual is more clearly visible. Like all 
other superior-inferior relations, it is a form of socializa- 
tion involving an interaction between all the elements 
concerned.! 
The superior-inferior relationships may be classified 
in three different types. The superiority may be exercised 
by a single individual, by a group, or by an objective prin- 
ciple in the form of a social or ideal superindividual power. 
Each of these three forms has certain specific characteris- 
tics which must be briefly enumerated. 
Subordination to an Individual 
The subordination of a group to a single individual 
leads to a strong unification of the group. It occurs not 
only if the group and its leader constitute already an in- 
ternal unity, but also if the group is conscious of an opposi- 
tion and antithesis between itself and its superior. In the 
first case, the group elements become conscious of their 
unity because their interests converge at a single point. 
In the second instance, they are forced to strengthen their 
unity in order to oppose more effectively the unified con- 
trolling power to which they are subordinate. 
This is the case, not only in political groups, but in all 
other organizations. In the factory, the ecclesiastical com- 
munity, and in the school class, wherever the organization 
terminates in a single head, there the common subordina- 
tion leads to a strong unity independently of the fact 
whether the relationship be one of harmony or opposition. 
l Soz., pp. 184-37.