Examining histories of political thought and their justifications for forms of rule, this book highlights the persistent and profoundly anti-democratic bias in political and social thought, and analyses in particular the writings of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hitler, Gibbon, Carlysle, Michelet, Taine and Freud. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Crowd and the Mob (Routledge Revivals): From Plato to Canetti
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041560222X
ISBN 13: 9780415602228
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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First published in 1989, this persuasive and original work by John McClelland examines the importance of the idea of 'the crowd' in the writings of philosophers, historians and politicians from the classical era to the twentieth century.

The book examines histories of political thought and their justifications for forms of rule, highlighting the persistent and profoundly anti-democratic bias in political and social thought, analysing in particular the writings of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hitler, Gibbon, Carlysle, Michelet, Taine and Freud.

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