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From crowd psychology to the dynamics of large groups : historical, theoretical and practical considerations / Carla Penna

Penna, Carla [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

xvi, 241 Seiten

Englisch

Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 217-235

Erscheint auch als: Penna, Carla : From crowd psychology to the dynamics of large groups. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-367-02449-9 (hardback); 978-0-367-02450-5 (paperback)

978-0-429-39953-4 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2022006280

OCoLC: 1344374396     

CV 4000      Ähnliche Literatur

HM866

302.3/5

LOC-SH: Collective behavior ; Crowds ; Group psychoanalysis

"From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups offers transdisciplinary research on the history of the study of social formations, ranging from nineteenth-century crowd psychology in France and twentieth-century Freudian mass psychology, including the developments in critical theory, to the study of the psychodynamics of contemporary large groups. Carla Penna presents a unique combination of sociology, psychoanalysis and group analysis in the study of social formations. This book revisits the epistemological basis of group analysis by introducing and discussing its historical path, especially in connection with the study of large groups and investigations of the social unconscious in persons, groups and societies. It also explores early work on group relations and contemporary research on the basic-assumption group in England, particularly Hopper's theory of Incohesion as a fourth basic assumption. From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups enables the reader to map out the field of the unconscious life of crowds illuminating the darkness of twenty-first century collective movements. The reflections in this book present new perspectives for psychologists, psychoanalysts, group analysts, sociologists, and historians to investigate the psychodynamics of contemporary crowds, masses, and social systems"--