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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bartholomew, Robert E.     Subjects     Collective behavior -- History.     Social psychology -- History.     Delusions -- Social aspects -- History.     Fear -- Social aspects -- History.     Mobs -- Psychological aspects -- History.     Popular culture -- Psychological aspects -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bartholomew, Robert E.       by title:      A colorful history o...         MARC Display

A colorful history of popular delusions / Robert E. Bartholomew and Peter Hassall. by Bartholomew, Robert E. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015. Subjects Collective behavior -- History.   Social psychology -- History.   Delusions -- Social aspects -- History.   Fear -- Social aspects -- History.   Mobs -- Psychological aspects -- History.   Popular culture -- Psychological aspects -- History. Electronic Resource 9781633881228.jpg ISBN:  9781633881228 (paperback) : 1633881229 (paperback) Description:  363 pages ; 23 cm Contents:  Rumor and gossip : "psssst" -- Fads : the next big thing -- Crazes : going overboard -- Manias : 'what we ardently wish, we soon believe" -- Urban legends : living folklore -- Stampedes and panics -- Anxiety hysteria : the power of sudden fear -- Classical mass hysteria : psychological gremlins -- Immediate community threats : defending the homeland -- Moral panics : imagining our worst fears -- Riots : the breakdown of social order -- Small group panics : people who scared themselves -- Postscript : lessons to heed. Requests:  0 Summary:  "This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By creating a typology of such behavior, past and present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer insights into how these sometimes dangerous mob responses can be avoided. We may not be surprised to read about the peculiarities of the European Middle Ages, when superstition was commonplace: like the meowing nuns of France, 'tarantism' (a dancing mania) in Italy, or the malicious anti-Semitic poison-well scares. But similar phenomena show up in our own era. Examples include the social-networking hysteria of 2012, which resulted in uncontrollable twitching by teenage girls in Leroy, NY; the 'phantom bus terrorist' of 2004 in Vancouver, Canada; and the itching outbreak of 2000 in South Africa. Vivid, detailed, and thoroughly researched, this is a fascinating overview of collective human behavior in its many unusual forms"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 302.13 Ba Lost 05/12/2016 Add Copy to MyList

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