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Masse und Macht

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Masse und Macht
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Crowds and Power (German: Masse und Macht) is a 1960 book by Elias Canetti, dealing with the dynamics of crowds and "packs" and the question of how and why crowds obey power of rulers. Canetti draws a parallel between ruling and paranoia. The book analyzes the memoirs of Daniel Paul Schreber and Sigmund Freud's book on them, and Gustave Le Bon.

The book was translated from German into English by Carol Stewart in 1962 and published by Gollancz.

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Masse und MachtPaperback3-596-26544-41988-08
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2647683
Wikidata Work ID
Q1684885

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2026-04-06