Sobornost is a term coined by the Slavophile political movement in 19th century Russia that describes society accepting common higher values without sacrificing unique characteristics of the individuals. Aleksey Khomyakov, one of the founders of the movement, believed that the "thesis, antithesis, synthesis" dialectic triad of Johann Gottlieb Fichte (erroneously attributed to Hegel) exemplified the opposing ideas of individuality and community working together, the core belief of sobornost and, as Khomyakov believed, the Russian Orthodox church.
Although not using this term, the British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon also strongly supported working towards harmony between individuality and community ("personality-in-community").