The People and the Mob: The Ideology of Civil Conflict in Modern Europe

by Peter Hayes and Peter Hayes

This book argues that although the mob and the people appear to be very separate concepts, they share a common ideological history. Hayes traces the developments undergone by the concepts of people and mob in modern European ideologies, and he examines Marx's depiction of the lumpenproletariat, Le Bon's analysis of the crowd, fascist depictions of the masses, and corporatist views of the political threat posed by the mob. He also discusses the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275943364
• ISBN13: 9780275943363
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.7"