{"product_id":"multitudes-isbn-9781804294482","title":"Multitudes","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn pursuit of the liberating powers of the crowd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite what politicians, philosophers and the press have long told us, every peaceful crowd is not a violent mob in waiting. Dan Hancox argues it is time to rethink long-held assumptions about crowd behaviour and psychology, as well as the part crowds play in our lives. The story of the modern world is the story of multitudes in action. Crowds are the ultimate force for change: the bringer of conviviality, euphoria, mass culture and democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind the establishment’s long war against crowds is the work of eccentric proto-fascist Gustave Le Bon. Having witnessed the revolutionary Paris Commune, he declared the crowd barbaric, the enemy of all that was civilized. In the twentieth century, his theory influenced Mussolini, Hitler and Freud alike. It moulded the policing of our communities and the new industry of public relations, shaping our cities and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom raucous football matches and raves to rubber-bullet-riddled riots, Dan Hancox takes us into the crowd’s pulsating heart to pose the questions that will define our age. Is the madness of crowds real? What did the January 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill share with the Nuremberg rallies? What fresh dangers are posed to free assembly by the surveillance society? And how has a radical new generation of psychologists begun to change everything – even the policing of protests?\u003ci\u003ePreface: El Carnaval de Cádiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Age of the Crowd\u003cbr\u003e 1. Paris Is Burning: Revolutionary Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Nuremberg Spectacle: Authoritarian Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 3. ‘Feral Thugs’: Protest and Riot Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 4. Among the Slum People: Football Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 5. The World Turned Upside Down: Carnival Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Invention of Modern Life: Urban Crowds\u003cbr\u003e 7. Myths and Scapegoats: Fatal Crowds\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: There to Be a Crowd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\"British journalist Dan Hancox, in his new book \u003ci\u003eMultitudes \u003c\/i\u003egoes much further than his scholarly forebears in the effort to defend the crowd from its defamers. He is an unstinting admirer of crowds and crowd action, not just as a means of social change but as a heady social experience of transcendence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This useful history reconsiders the crowd stretching back to the Paris Commune, and examines the influential work of one conservative psychologist that laid the ideological groundwork for crackdowns against future mass movements.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thought-provoking ... a celebration of the positive capacity of crowds to liberate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Henrik Schøneberg, \u003ci\u003eNew Humanist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An examination of the rich history of crowds in entertainment, sports, and politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMultitudes\u003c\/i\u003e will make you question everything you thought you knew about crowds, even the ones you’ve been a part of. Hancox delivers a compelling case for understanding crowds as an essential force in modern history and as a powerful way of connecting to our shared humanity’\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Leslie Kern, author of \u003ci\u003eFeminist City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hancox provides, in lucid and passionate prose, a compelling account of the new psychology of crowds. He shows an impressive command of the technical literature, the historical record and contemporary events, resulting in a broadside against the reflex condemnation of crowds that we hear so often in the mouths of politicians and journalists. He has thereby produced a book of great value that will be hard to refute or ignore. Read this book. And, when you have finished, you will never use the word ‘mob’ again.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stephen Reicher, professor of psychology, University of St Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shaking us out of the pandemic's dogmatic social distancing, Dan Hancox inspires us to seek again a vital source of strength and creativity -- the joy of crowds\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jodi Dean, author of \u003ci\u003eCrowds and Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joining crowds brings us joy, spontaneity, new connections, they're empowering and they represent democracy in their purest form - no wonder they are always demonised by those in power. Hancox's energetic reporting and deep dive into the history of crowd behaviour, helps us see them in a completely new light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Josie Long, comedian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant eulogy to the power and joy of the human throng. Hancox not only grasps the logic of crowds, but evokes their feeling with sparkling prose\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—William Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eThis is Not Normal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling reappraisal of the history and politics of crowds, which teases out the political project behind the spectre of the \"angry mob\". Based on meticulous and enthusiastic research, it is an engaging - and unexpectedly touching - analysis of the lure of the crowd today\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Charlotte Lydia Riley, author of \u003ci\u003eImperial Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Champions the erotic, capitalism-subverting, ego-transcending crowd ... blindsidingly touching.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stuart Jeffries, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and persuasive ... if by this point [Hancox] hasn’t persuaded you to switch off the dross you’re binge watching on Netflix and hotfoot it to a festival or football match, nothing will.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sophie McBain, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eloquent and soulful ... a work of Benjaminian optimism about the potential of mass populism and collective epiphany to enrich and expand the radical future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alex Niven, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Convincingly challenges Le Bon’s influence on the prevailing social analysis of crowd behaviour.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gordon Parsons, \u003ci\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lively and compelling ... [the] reframing of crowds as imbued with agency, even freedom, is a welcome corrective.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Peter Geoghegan, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Hancox \u003c\/b\u003eis a native Londoner who writes about music, politics, gentrification, social exclusion, protest and the margins of urban life, chiefly for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, but also the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confuse\u003c\/i\u003ed and \u003ci\u003eXXL\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301075734757,"sku":"NP9781804294482","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804294482.jpg?v=1767733098","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/multitudes-isbn-9781804294482","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}