264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
272 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
I: Theory of Mass Society; 1: Two Views of Mass Society; 2: Conditions of Mass Society; 3: Structure of Mass Society; 4: Culture and Personality in Mass Society; II: Social Sources of Mass Movements; 5: Political Vulnerability of Mass Society; 6: Discontinuities in Authority; 7: Discontinuities In Community; 8: Discontinuities in Society; III: Social Composition of Mass Movements; 9: Social Classes and Mass Movements; 10: Unattached Intellectuals; 11: Marginal Middle Classes; 12: Isolated Workers; Conclusion; 13: Mass Society and Democratic Order
Biography
William Kornhauser
