Crowds and Power

CONTENTS......Page 8
THE CROWD......Page 14
The Fear of being Touched......Page 16
The Open and the Closed Crowd......Page 17
The Discharge......Page 18
Destructiveness......Page 20
The Eruption......Page 21
Persecution......Page 23
Domestication of Crowds in the World Religions......Page 25
Panic......Page 27
The Crowd as a Ring......Page 28
The Attributes of the Crowd......Page 30
Rhythm......Page 32
Stagnation......Page 35
Slowness, or the Remoteness of the Goal......Page 40
Invisible Crowds......Page 43
Classification of Crowds according to Their
Prevailing Emotion......Page 49
Baiting Crowds......Page 50
Flight Crowds......Page 54
Prohibition Crowds......Page 56
Reversal Crowds......Page 59
Feast Crowds......Page 63
The Double Crowd: Men and Women.
The Living and the Dead......Page 64
The Double Crowd: War......Page 68
Crowd Crystals......Page 74
Fire......Page 76
The Sea......Page 81
Rain......Page 82
Rivers......Page 84
Forest......Page 85
Corn......Page 86
Sand......Page 87
The Heap......Page 88
Treasure......Page 89
THE PACK......Page 92
The Pack: Kinds of Pack......Page 94
The Hunting Pack......Page 98
The War Pack......Page 100
The Lamenting Pack......Page 104
The Increase Pack......Page 108
The Communion......Page 114
Inward and Tranquil Packs......Page 115
The Pack's Determination.
The Historical Permanence of Packs......Page 117
Packs in the Ancestor Legends of the Aranda......Page 119
Temporary Formations among the Aranda......Page 122
THE PACK AND RELIGION......Page 126
The Transmutation of Packs......Page 128
Hunting and the Forest among the Lele of Kasai......Page 129
The War Booty of the Jivaros......Page 133
The Rain Dances of the Pueblo Indians......Page 136
On the Dynamics of War. The First Death.
The Triumph......Page 139
Islam as a Religion of War......Page 142
The Religions of Lament......Page 144
The Muharram Festival of the Shiites......Page 147
Catholicism and the Crowd......Page 155
The Holy Fire in Jerusalem......Page 159
THE CROWD IN HISTORY......Page 168
National Crowd Symbols......Page 170
The English......Page 172
The Dutch......Page 173
The Germans......Page 174
The French......Page 175
The Swiss......Page 176
The Spaniards......Page 177
The Italians......Page 178
The Jews......Page 179
Germany and Versailles......Page 180
Inflation and the Crowd......Page 184
The Nature of the Parliamentary System......Page 189
Distribution and Increase.
Socialism and Production......Page 191
The Self-Destruction of the Xosas......Page 194
THE ENTRAILS OF POWER......Page 202
Seizing and Incorporation......Page 204
The Hand......Page 212
The Finger Exercises of Monkeys......Page 214
The Hands and the Birth of Objects......Page 218
Destructiveness in Monkeys and Men......Page 219
On the Psychology of Eating......Page 220
THE SURVIVOR......Page 226
The Survivor......Page 228
Survival and Invulnerability......Page 229
Survival as a Passion......Page 231
The Ruler as Survivor......Page 232
The Escape of Josephus......Page 235
The Despot's Hostility to Survivors.
Rulers and Their Successors......Page 243
Forms of Survival......Page 247
The Survivor in Primitive Belief......Page 252
The Resentment of the Dead......Page 263
Epidemics......Page 273
Cemeteries......Page 276
Immortality......Page 278
ELEMENTS OF POWER......Page 280
Force and Power......Page 282
Power and Speed......Page 283
Question and Answer......Page 285
Secrecy......Page 291
Judgement and Condemnation......Page 297
The Power of Pardon. Mercy......Page 299
THE COMMAND......Page 302
The Command. Flight and Sting......Page 304
The Domestication of the Command......Page 308
The Recoil. The Anxiety of Command......Page 309
Commands addressed to More than One Individual......Page 310
The Expectation of Commands......Page 312
Expectation of Command among the
Pilgrims at Arafat......Page 314
Discipline and the Sting of Command......Page 316
The Mongols. The Horse and the Arrow......Page 317
Religious Emasculation. The Skoptsy......Page 320
Negativism in Schizophrenia......Page 322
The Reversal......Page 325
The Dissolution of the Sting......Page 328
The Command and the Execution.
The Contented Executioner......Page 331
Commands and Irresponsibility......Page 332
TRANSFORMATION......Page 336
Presentiment and Traniformation
among the Bushmen......Page 338
Flight Transformations. Hysteria, Mania
and Melancholia......Page 343
Self-Increase and Self-Consumption.
The Double Figure of the Totem......Page 349
Crowds and Transformation in Delirium Tremens......Page 359
Imitation and Simulation......Page 370
The Figure and the Mask......Page 374
The Power of Unmasking......Page 378
Prohibitions on Transformation......Page 380
Slavery......Page 384
ASPECTS OF POWER......Page 386
Standing......Page 388
Sitting......Page 390
Lying......Page 391
Sitting on the Ground......Page 394
The Orchestral Conductor......Page 395
Fame......Page 397
The Regulation of Time......Page 398
The Court......Page 400
The Rising Throne of the Emperor of Byzantium......Page 401
General Paralytics and Their Notions of Greatness......Page 403
RULERS AND PARANOIACS......Page 410
African Kings......Page 412
A Sultan of Delhi: Muhammad Tughlak......Page 425
The Case of Schreber: I......Page 435
The Case of Schreber: II......Page 450
EPILOGUE......Page 464
The End of the Survivor......Page 466
Notes......Page 472
Bibliography......Page 484