ID - 25460680 TI - The politics of crowds : an alternative history of sociology PY - 2013 SN - 9781107625464 9781107009738 1107009731 9780511842160 9781139377041 1139377043 9781139379908 1139379909 0511842163 9781139375610 113937561X 1139365924 9781139365925 1107228379 9781107228375 1280647469 9781280647468 9786613633514 6613633518 1139378473 9781139378475 1139371622 9781139371629 1107625467 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Social psychology KW - Foules KW - Psychologie sociale KW - Crowds. KW - Crowds KW - Histoire KW - Sociologie KW - History. KW - 840 Samenleving en staat KW - 841.3 Politieke bewegingen KW - 858.1 Politiek geweld KW - Persons KW - Collective behavior KW - Riots KW - History KW - Psychologie sociale. KW - Histoire. KW - Sociologie. KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25460680 AB - "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"-- ER -