ABSTRACT
An extreme case of intersubjectivity, based on the mediation of objects and inertia, is what Sartre calls the serial collective. The serial collective is a human group which is defined solely by a common product or object situated outside it. Seriality is common to all unorganized and marginal human groups. It stands for feelings of isolation, powerlessness and alienation. The analysis of seriality is, therefore, the sociology of human inertia. It arises from a concentration of collective objects, a technical milieu and an atomized society. Members of a serial group are interchangeable because they are not socially differentiated. The only basis for their differentiation is their organic identity. Seriality stands then for the fall of praxis. It stands for relations between things, and, therefore, is the inversion of authentic human relations. However, since it is not a destiny, the individual may still revolt against it. Such an act of revolt is the property of the praxis group.
