A colorful history of popular delusions /

"This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bartholomew, Robert E.
Otros Autores: Hassall, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Temas:
Collective behavior > History.
Social psychology > History.
Delusions > Social aspects > History.
Fear > Social aspects > History.
Mobs > Psychological aspects > History.
Popular culture > Psychological aspects > History.
Comportement collectif > Histoire.
Psychologie sociale > Histoire.
Délire > Aspect social > Histoire.
Peur > Aspect social > Histoire.
Rassemblements > Aspect psychologique > Histoire.
Culture populaire > Aspect psychologique > Histoire.
HISTORY > Social History.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Collective behavior
Delusions > Social aspects
Fear > Social aspects
Popular culture > Psychological aspects
Social psychology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rumors : "Psssst"
  • Fads : The Next Big Thing
  • Crazes : Going Overboard
  • Manias : 'What we ardently wish we soon believe"
  • Urban Legends : Living Folklore
  • Stampedes and Panics
  • Classical Mass Hysteria : Psychological Gremlins
  • Anxiety Hysteria : The Power of Sudden Fear
  • Immediate Community Threats : Defending the Homeland
  • Moral Panics : Imagining Our Worst Fears
  • Riots : The Breakdown of Social Order
  • Small Group Panics : People Who Scared Themselves
  • Socially Shared Psychosis.

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