Crowds and Power
Book description
Crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology.
Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and the English Civil war, the finger exercises of monkeys and the effects of inflation in Weimar Germany.âŚ
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1 author picked Crowds and Power as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I am attracted to books that take a broad theme and examine this across space and time âwithout being confined to a single academic discipline. Another requirement is that they are written in an elegant and accessible style that commands the readerâs attention. This book originally published in Germany in 1960 satisfies both criteria. It defies ready classification but includes social psychology, social anthropology, and ideas related to myth, ritual, and religion. His concept of âthe packâ builds on the abstract notion of âthe crowdâ and leads to ideas such as âtransformation.â As the Brexit vote was a form ofâŚ
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