Crowds And Power - Brossura

Canetti, Elias

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1842120549 ISBN 13: 9781842120545

Casa editrice: W&N, 2000

Riassunto

Considered one of the great books of the twentieth century Crowds and Power was the work responsible for winning Elias Canetti the 1981 Nobel Prize. From the destructive behaviour of soccer crowds to the horror of tyrannical rulers and from Bushmen and Pueblo Indian rain dances to the pilgrimage to Mecca, the author takes us on a fascinating journey through anthropology, psychology, biology, religion and literature. Ranging from the deeply profound to the overtly controversial - from the finger exercises of monkeys to the hallucinations of alcoholics - this book will change forever the way you look at groups of people and realise their awesome potential to be manipulated for good or for evil. He concludes that 'If we would master power we must face command openly and boldly, and search for means to deprive it of its sting'. This book will change forever the way you look at groups of people and the whole concept of power.

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Descrizione del libro:

How do crowds work? What is the nature of their unique creation - the demagogue? This is the renowned and original analysis of one of this century's most threatening and influential phenomena by the nobel prize-winning thinker.

L'autore:

Elias Canetti was born in Bulgaria in 1905 and moved to England when he was six. After his father's death he moved to Vienna, where in the chaos of the first days of the First World War he and his family were attacked by a crowd - thus his interest in crowds and power. He has won the Kafka prize, and in 1981 won the Nobel Prize for literature.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W&N
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1842120549
• ISBN 13: 9781842120545
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 495