Crowds and Democracy: The Idea and Image of the Masses from Revolution to Fascism

by Stefan Jonsson

Book Overview

Between 1918 and 1933, the masses became a decisive preoccupation of European culture, fueling modernist movements in art, literature, architecture, theater, and cinema, as well as the rise of communism and fascism and experiments in radical democracy.

Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies, intellectual history, and political theory, this volume unpacks the significance of the shadow agent known as "the mass" during a critical period in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231164785
• ISBN13: 9780231164788
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"