Book contents
- The Psychology of Radical Social Change
- The Psychology of Radical Social Change
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Toward a Psychology of Revolution
- Part I Roots of Revolution
- 2 The Conservative Crowd?
- 3 Economic Inequality and the Rise of Civic Discontent
- 4 The Globalization-Revolution Paradox
- 5 From the Age of the Crowd to the Global Age
- Part II Evolution and Involution in Social Transformations
- Part III Representations of and in Revolution
- Index
- References
5 - From the Age of the Crowd to the Global Age
from Part I - Roots of Revolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 April 2018
Book contents
- The Psychology of Radical Social Change
- The Psychology of Radical Social Change
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Toward a Psychology of Revolution
- Part I Roots of Revolution
- 2 The Conservative Crowd?
- 3 Economic Inequality and the Rise of Civic Discontent
- 4 The Globalization-Revolution Paradox
- 5 From the Age of the Crowd to the Global Age
- Part II Evolution and Involution in Social Transformations
- Part III Representations of and in Revolution
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter outlines a crowd psychology for the 21st century that includes processes of collective memory and globalization. The argument begins by outlining the main characteristics of crowd thinking, especially the importance of ideational images for forging affective group attachments and motivating action in a common direction. It proceeds to elaborate the important place of a group’s traditions in crowd theory with the concept of collective memory, where a reservoir of past images serves to orient action in the present thus moderating social changes. In a globalized world, images are quickly transmitted around the world, where they enter into the social-politic dynamics of different localities, becoming symbols for new causes. Under these conditions an uprising in one part of the world can spark one elsewhere. Some of these images and symbols may even become a part of global collective memory. Finally, the chapter highlights how Moghaddam’s concept of ‘mutual radicalization’ can be read through the lens of globalized crowd psychology.
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- The Psychology of Radical Social ChangeFrom Rage to Revolution, pp. 86 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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