Crowds in American Culture, Society and Politics - A Psychosocial Semiotic Analysis

This book builds on Le Bon's classic, The Crowd, to evaluate the role of crowds in American culture, society and politics.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Crowd; 3. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego; 4. Crowds and Cults; 5. The Semiotics of Crowds; 6. Crowds and American National Character; 7. Crowds and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection; 8. Crowds and Covid; 9. Coda; Index

About the author

Arthur Asa Berger is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and more than 70 books on media, popular culture, semiotics and humour. He has written numerous articles on humour which have been published in journals in America and other countries, together with several books on the same subject including: 'Li'L Abner: A Study in American Satire' (his PhD dissertation); 'An Anatomy of Humor'; 'The Art of Comedy Writing'; 'Blind Men and Elephants: Perspectives on Humor'; 'The Genius of the Jewish Joke'; and 'Jewish Jester'.He taught Comedy Writing and Sitcom Writing in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University for a number of years. Arthur was also elected into the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Communication Hall of Fame. His teaching career spans continents; from teaching at the University of Milan, by way of a Fulbright to Italy in 1963, to later teaching as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Argentina and Belarus. In addition, he has also lectured in countries such as Iran, France, Germany, Vietnam and China, to name a few. In line with this, many of his books have been translated into nine languages including Chinese and Turkish.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Asa Berger
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781839988608
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-860-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social & political philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, Semiotics / semiology, Political control and freedoms, American society; politics; and culture