Crowds and Democracy: The Idea and Image of the Masses from Revolution to Fascism
Crowds and Democracy: The Idea and Image of the Masses from Revolution to Fascism
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Abstract
Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies, intellectual history, and political theory, this volume unpacks the significance of the shadow agent known as “the masses” during a critical period of European history. It shows how, between 1918 and 1933, the masses became a decisive preoccupation of European culture, fuelling both modernist movements in art, literature, architecture, theatre, and cinema, as well as the rise of communism and fascism and experiments in radical democracy. It follows the evolution of the idea of the masses into a preferred conceptual tool for social scientists—the ideal slogan for politicians and the chosen image for artists and writers trying to capture a society in flux and a people in upheaval.
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Front Matter
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Introducing the Masses: Vienna, 15 July 1927
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Authority Versus Anarchy: Allegories of the Mass in Sociology and Literature
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The Revolving Nature of the Social: Primal Hordes and Crowds Without Qualities
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Collective Vision: A Matrix for New Art and Politics
- 5 Coda: Remnants of Weimar
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End Matter
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