256 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Politics of Mass Society explores the social conditions necessary for democracy and the vulnerabilities of large scale society to totalitarian systems. Mass movements mobilize people who are alienated from the social system, who do not believe in the legitimacy of the established order, and who are therefore ready to engage in efforts to destroy. Contrary to the psychological approach... Read more
Part I Theory of Mass Society; Chapter 1 Two Views of Mass Society; Chapter 2 Conditions of Mass Society; Chapter 3 Structure of Mass Society; Chapter 4 Culture and Personality in Mass Society; Part II Social Sources Of Mass Movements; Chapter 5 Political Vulnerability of Mass Society; Chapter 6 Discontinuities in Authority; Chapter 7 Discontinuities in Community; Chapter 8 Discontinuities in Society; Part III Social Composition of Mass Movements; Chapter 9 Social Classes and Mass Movements; Chapter 10 Unattached Intellectuals; Chapter 11 Marginal Middle Classes; Chapter 12 Isolated Workers; Part IV Conclusion; Chapter 13 Mass Society and Democratic Order;
Biography
William Kornhauser
