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"Revolutionary Waves analyzes the centrality of the crowd in modern Chinese cultural and political imaginary and its global resonances. Bringing together literary studies, intellectual history, critical theory, and scientific history, it highlights unexplored interactions between emerging forms of knowledge, new aesthetic modes of representation, and changing political imperatives"--Provided by publisher.

Crowds --- Crowds in literature --- Political aspects --- China --- Intellectual life --- Civilization

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According to the author, there is an alarming inclination for people to succumb to delusional thinking. Contrary to popular opinion, such thought processes are not limited to the mentally ill. Instead, there is growing evidence to show that large segments of the public harbor a wide variety of delusions, none of which are innocent, and many of which are pushing our societies to the brink of war. This book aims to understand the nature of delusions and how they are generated. By providing a deeper understanding of delusions, the author challenges the assumption that a whole community cannot be

Crowds. --- Collective behavior. --- Hallucinations and illusions. --- Social psychology.

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A la fin du XIXe siècle, la théorie sociale européenne se tourne vers l'interprétation des phénomènes collectifs. Une nouvelle discipline est née, la " psychologie des foules ". Ses fondateurs comme ses représentants attitrés qui appartiennent à la science française et italienne trouvent très vite un large écho dans toute l'Europe. Ces recherches sur la nature et les logiques de l'action collective débouchent rapidement sur une théorie critique de la démocratie électorale : âge des foules, la démocratie annonce le temps de l'irrationalité et de la violence. C'est précisément Gabriel Tarde qui, en construisant une théorie des systèmes sociaux modernes fondée non plus sur la notion de " foule " mais sur le concept de " public ", saura proposer le premier discours alternatif sur les conditions et l'avenir d'une activité politique de masse non violente et sensée. En même temps, son grand livre L'opinion et la foule servira de point de départ à une nouvelle tradition théorique. De Eugène Dupréel à Jean Stoetzel, en passant par la science sociale américaine, elle donnera les études modernes sur l'opinion publique.

Crowds --- Collective behavior --- Public opinion --- Foules --- Comportement collectif --- Opinion publique --- Tarde, Gabriel de, --- Social psychology

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"When sociology emerged as a discipline in the late nineteenth century, the problem of crowds constituted one of its key concerns. It was argued that crowds shook the foundations of society and led individuals into all sorts of irrational behaviour. Yet crowds were not just something to be fought in the street, they also formed a battleground over how sociology should be demarcated from related disciplines, most notably psychology. In The Politics of Crowds, Christian Borch traces sociological debates on crowds and masses from the birth of sociology until today, with a particular focus on the developments in France, Germany and the USA. The book is a refreshing alternative history of sociology and modern society, observed through society's other, the crowd. Borch shows that the problem of crowds is not just of historical interest: even today the politics of sociology is intertwined with the politics of crowds"--

Social psychology --- Foules --- Psychologie sociale --- Crowds. --- Crowds --- Histoire --- Sociologie --- History. --- 840 Samenleving en staat --- 841.3 Politieke bewegingen --- 858.1 Politiek geweld --- Persons --- Collective behavior --- Riots --- History --- Psychologie sociale. --- Histoire. --- Sociologie. --- Social Sciences --- Sociology

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The topic of mobs has resonances in a remarkable number of disciplines and provides a link between past and present—mobs are clearly of much importance today. The idea of mobs provides the context for all the essays and topics in this volume — from Heraclitus to the writings of Elias Canetti to the notion of internet mobs. The essays here speak to the complex nature of the mob: its defining characteristics and the varying consequences of its behavior. Mobs as a book brings wide-ranging clarity to a topic that touches such disciplines as medieval studies, literature, musicology, theology and philosophy, history, social theory, the development of the early university, and theatre. Contributors are (in order within the volume): Leonard M. Koff, Ben Schomakers, Bernard S. Bachrach, Nancy van Deusen, Paul W. Knoll, Charlotte Bauer, Andrew Galloway, Robert W. Hanning, Terence Tunberg, Peter Howard, Cornelia Oefelein, Teofilo Ruiz, Richard Taruskin, David B. Rosen, Aino Paasonen and Richard Sogliuzzo.

Mobs --- Crowds --- Rassemblements --- Foules --- History --- Histoire --- E-books --- Riots --- History. --- Europe. --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia