mass psychology

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/5/2022
  

  Explaining the Complexities of the Great Vibe Shift

  by Tom F. Wright

  As pundits invoke the nebulous concept of "vibes" to try to explain and predict incoherent and emotionally volatile politics, it's worth considering how the outdated (but not very old!) concept of charisma has served the same role. 

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• 8/9/2020
  

  Let's Return Historical Attention to the Crowd

  by Peter N. Stearns

  Historians have much to add to the social science theory on crowds and can help advance understanding past simplistic and mechanistic understandings of today's public unrest.