Crowds and power

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1. YossarianFrPrezJan 2023
   I have read Vol. 1 of H. A. R. Gibb's translation, and though there are really cool gems in it, it is incredibly dry. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are really interested, and even then, be prepared for it to be a slog.

   For something along similar-ish lines, Canetti's Crowds and Power does a good job of weaving together some lessons from Battuta's account with many other primary historical sources.

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2. BruceEelNov 2021
   ..and a reminder to add Elias Canetti's 1960 masterpiece "Crowds and Power" to your to-read list! He won the Nobel prize in 1981 largely because of this book.

   You can read it online (as PDF too), at no charge.

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3. solarexplorerMay 2014
   A very nice book on the topic is Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power (Masse und Macht). Canetti won the Nobel Prize in Literate and writes very well.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowds_and_Power

   http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masse_und_Macht

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4. kitsune_May 2012
   Call me old-fashioned, but why would I read boring self-help books when there are thousands of books available, from all ages, that document the human experience? For instance:

   - Scriptures of the major religions

   - The Conquest of Happiness (Bertrand Russell)

   - On Aggression (Konrad Lorenz)

   - Crowds and Power (Elias Canetti)

   - LSD, My Problem Child (Albert Hofmann)

   - Huis Clos (J.P. Sartre)

   - Essays by Michel de Montaigne

   - The Incoherence of the Incoherence (Ibn Rushd)

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5. kitsune_Mar 2012
   I recommend "Crowds & Power" by Elias Canetti. Someone should release an adapted 21st century edition.
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6. kitsune_Oct 2011
   I'm fascinated by sociology. By the works of people like Max Weber or Elias Canetti especially because they invoke a kind of mysticism which is hardly captured by most modern authors and researchers.

   I remember the impact that reading Elias Canetti's "Crowds and Power" had on me when I was around 16 years of age. It was in my dad's book shelf, an old and battered book. Afterwards I picked up Konrad Lorenz' "On Aggression" from the same book shelf. Good times.

   I'm neither a great writer nor am I a blogger, and English isn't my native language. I wished more tech articles would be less mono-thematic. So kudos for this article, I enjoyed reading it.

   I was never a big Apple fan boy, but what Apple had going for them was a leader with many interests and a curiousness that ventured outside the established boundaries.

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