1Soviet economic collectivism sought to abolish private property in the means of production, vesting control instead in the state on behalf of the proletariat.
2Is collectivism inherently incompatible with personal liberty, or can a society harmonise communal obligations with individual rights?
3The kibbutz movement in Israel represented a voluntary, agrarian form of collectivism rather than one imposed by state coercion.
4Distinguish carefully between methodological collectivism in sociology and normative collectivism in political philosophy.
5There is a persistent tension in modern democratic theory between the communitarian appeal of collectivism and the liberal defence of individual autonomy.