The phrase "collective quest" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a group's common goal, effort, or mission. For example, "The staff was united in their collective quest to improve patient outcomes."
With this story in mind, the hajj becomes the collective quest of more than three million people for the original love, converging on the spot of Mecca.
In the logic of the United Nations, every war should be, in effect, a world war — a collective quest for collective security — and as one of Annan's aides put it to me, "No one sees a way out".
To hear their memories of sacrifice and struggle, of hope and tragedy as they followed a young preacher in their collective quest to make America live up to its ideals.
In a collective quest to remain current, once static accouterments of personal identity, like signature watches, rings, home décor, and even career choices and spouses, have become more fluid.
It also occurs to me that our collective quest to be perfect parents is inherently shaming.
As the man at the center of DreamWorks' The Fifth Estate, Assange's larger-than-life story adapted for the big screen tells of how one man's defiance of the status quo (and law) turned into a collective quest for truth.
Thus, Argentines ask themselves about their "interior enigma," their collective psychiatric quest, what it means to be a person within the society, and only a few give in to tales of pure love and success.
The basic idea is in keeping with the collective's quest to render the political cultural, and vice versa: debate and discussion mixed with music, spoken word, photography, film and art.
It also helps explain a quest for collective ecstasy that can take myriad forms.
Some, such as Whole Foods Market, have abandoned their quest for collective political change in favor of maximizing profits.
It's en vogue to be aware, and platforms like Facebook and Twitter are essentially types of "awareness systems," aiding us in our quest for collective intelligence.
