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Orientation Why study crowds, masses and movements? It is tempting to imagine that as socialists we must know a great deal about crowds, masses, and in medieval thought individual meant inseparable, that is indivisible. People were defined as individuals by reference to the groups of which they were members. Group membership defined their very identity
Article: Crowds, Masses and Movements: Right Wing and Left Wing Macro Social Psychology - What are the characteristics that make a crowd different from a group? Are crowds any more emotional than groups or individuals? Are crowds any more manipulatable than groups? Are crowds any more destructive than groups or individuals? How do we account for our suspicions about crowds? Why do people join movements? What might exist to keep people from joining movements even when it may serve their self-interests?
Article: Crowds, Masses and Movements: Right Wing and Left Wing Macro Social Psychology - What are the characteristics that make a crowd different from a group? Are crowds any more emotional than groups or individuals? Are crowds any more manipulatable than groups? Are crowds any more destructive than groups or individuals? How do we account for our suspicions about crowds? Why do people join movements? What might exist to keep people from joining movements even when it may serve their self-interests?
Sometimes it is worthwhile to look at the details, to study aspects that seem to be uninteresting or were previously ignored, and see noteworthy phenomena come to light. This has been the experience of honeybee researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior (CASCB) at the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
Title: SMART-BARN: Revolutionizing the Study of Animal Group BehaviorIntroduction:The study of animal behavior has always been limited by the constraints