Cargando…

Dynamics of crowd-minds : patterns of irrationality in emotions, beliefs, and actions /

A crowd-mind emerges when formation of a crowd causes fusion of individual minds into one collective mind. Members of the crowd lose their individuality. The deindividuation leads to derationalization: emotional, impulsive and irrational behavior, self-catalytic activities, memory impairment, percep...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adamatzky, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2005.
Colección:World Scientific series on nonlinear science. Monographs and treatises ; v. 54.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A crowd-mind emerges when formation of a crowd causes fusion of individual minds into one collective mind. Members of the crowd lose their individuality. The deindividuation leads to derationalization: emotional, impulsive and irrational behavior, self-catalytic activities, memory impairment, perceptual distortion, hyper-responsiveness, and distortion of traditional forms and structures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.
ISBN:9812569480
9789812569486
9812562869
9789812562869