Crowds and Democracy - The Idea and Image of the Masses From Revolution to Fascism

Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies, intellectual history, and political theory, this volume unpacks the significance of the shadow agent known as ¿the mass¿ during a critical period in European history.

Sommario

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Introducing the Masses: Vienna
2. Authority Versus Anarchy: Allegories of the Mass in Sociology and Literature
3. The Revolving Nature of the Social: Primal Hordes and Crowds Without Qualities
4. Collective Vision: A Matrix for New Art and Politics
5. Coda: Remnants of Weimar
Notes
Index

Info autore

Stefan Jonsson

Riassunto

Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies, intellectual history, and political theory, this volume unpacks the significance of the shadow agent known as “the mass” during a critical period in European history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stefan Jonsson, Jonsson Stefan
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9780231164788
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16478-8
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts; Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Philosophy: aesthetics, Social and cultural anthropology