Book · 2021 · Psychology
Crowds and Power
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It's you know there was a um philosopher um Elias kedy who wrote a book crowds and power which is very interesting on this topic.
Sam Harris · The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2015 Listen at 29:45 The best things said about it
There's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy uh Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy [laughter] this book called wrote this book called Crowds and Power where he attempts to describe the entirety of human history and anthropology in terms of crowds. This is obviously impossible and ridiculous, but that book has the best descriptions of crowd dynamics.
There's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy this book called wrote this book called Crowds and Power where he attempts to he attempts to describe the entirety of human history and anthropology in terms of crowds.
Why people recommend it
Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti is a twentieth-century sociological and literary study that attempts to analyze the entirety of human history, anthropology, and political behavior through the lens of crowd dynamics. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans and Vicky Osterweil both recommended the work, describing the author as a literary eccentric who ambitioned to explain human civilization entirely through the mechanics of how crowds form, grow, and disperse. Sam Harris also brought up Canetti's book on The Joe Rogan Experience, highlighting it as a particularly insightful text when exploring the complex psychology behind mob behavior and mass movements. Across these podcast discussions, speakers frequently turn to Canetti's theories to make sense of collective social phenomena, political uprisings, and the often unpredictable nature of human behavior within large groups. Despite the sweeping and unconventional nature of the book's anthropological claims, podcast hosts and guests continue to find value in its unique conceptual framework for understanding the powerful forces that drive social movements and societal shifts throughout history.
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Robert Evans There's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy uh Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy [laughter]… 1
“There's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy uh Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy [laughter] this book called wrote this book called Crowds and Power where he attempts to describe the entirety of human history and anthropology in terms of crowds. This is obviously impossible and ridiculous, but that book has the best descriptions of crowd dynamics”
Sam Harris it's you know there was a um philosopher um Elias kedy who wrote a book crowds and power which is very inte… 1
“it's you know there was a um philosopher um Elias kedy who wrote a book crowds and power which is very interesting on this topic”
Vicky Osterweil there's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy this book call… 1
“there's this guy this 20th century like literary weirdo this guy Ilas Kennedy um Italian guy this book called wrote this book called Crowds and Power where he attempts to he attempts to describe the entirety of human history and anthropology in terms of crowds.”