| Crowds and Power Contributor(s): Canetti, Elias (Author), Stewart, Carol (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374518203 ISBN-13: 9780374518202 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1984 Annotation: "Crowds and Power" is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and the English Civil war, the finger exercises of monkeys and the effects of inflation in Weimar Germany. In this study of the interplay of crowds, Canetti offers one of the most profound and startling portraits of the human condition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302.33 |
| LCCN: 84004033 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and the English Civil war, the finger exercises of monkeys and the effects of inflation in Weimar Germany. In this study of the interplay of crowds, Canetti offers one of the most profound and startling portraits of the human condition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Canetti, Elias: - Elias Canetti (1905-94) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. His writings include a monumental work of social theory, Crowds and Power, and three volumes of memoirs, The Tongue Set Free, The Torch in My Ear, and The Play of the Eyes. |