LEADER 03442cam 2200469 a 4500001 ssj0000658030 003 WaSeSS 005 20190313051101.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 111018s2012 enk sb 000 0 eng d 010 2011043657 020 9781107009738 (hardback) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0000658030 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 049 EREENEHH 050 00 HM871 |b.B67 2012 082 00 302.33 |223 084 SOC026000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Borch, Christian. |=^A1080453 245 14 The politics of crowds |h[electronic resource] : |ban alternative history of sociology / |cChristian Borch. 260 Cambridge ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, 300 vii, 338 p. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-331) and index. 505 8 Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the crowd problem; 1. Setting the stage: crowds and modern French society; 2. Disciplinary struggles: the crowd in early French sociology; 3. Weimar developments: toward a distinctively sociological theory of crowds; 4. Liberal attitudes: crowd semantics in the USA; 5. From crowd to mass: problematising the classless society; 6. Reactions to totalitarianism: new fusions of sociological and psychological thinking; 7. The culmination and dissolution of crowd semantics; 8. Postmodern conditions: the rise of the post-political masses; Conclusion: the politics of crowds. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "When sociology emerged as a discipline in the late nineteenth century, the problem of crowds constituted one of its key concerns. It was argued that crowds shook the foundations of society and led individuals into all sorts of irrational behaviour. Yet crowds were not just something to be fought in the street, they also formed a battleground over how sociology should be demarcated from related disciplines, most notably psychology. In The Politics of Crowds, Christian Borch traces sociological debates on crowds and masses from the birth of sociology until today, with a particular focus on the developments in France, Germany and the USA. The book is a refreshing alternative history of sociology and modern society, observed through society's other, the crowd. Borch shows that the problem of crowds is not just of historical interest: even today the politics of sociology is intertwined with the politics of crowds"-- |cProvided by publisher. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 0 Crowds. |=^A58742 650 0 Crowds |xHistory. |=^A58742 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. |2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=880729 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4986566