The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution

ISBN-13: 9781108421621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 306 str.

Opis

Develops a social psychological approach to revolutions through analyzes of cases from around the world and during different historical periods.

Recenzje

'How do societies change? And how do they succeed in changing for the better? This volume addresses these critical concerns by analyzing the merits, achievements and failures of revolutions and the role these have played in altering human history. This volume makes required reading for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the forces that alter our societies in radical ways.' Gordon Sammut, University of Malta

Spis treści

1. Towards a psychology of revolution Brady Wagoner, Fathali M. Moghaddam and Jaan Valsiner; Part I. Roots of Revolution: 2. The conservative crowd? How participation in collective events transforms participants' understandings of collective action John Drury and Stephen Reicher; 3. Economic inequality and the rise of civic discontent: deprivation and remembering in an Irish case study Séamus A. Power; 4. The globalization-revolution paradox: no revolution in capitalist democracies Fathali M. Moghaddam; 5. From the age of the crowd to the global age Brady Wagoner; Part II. Evolution and Involution in Social Transformations: 6. Social engineering and its discontents: the case of the Russian Revolution Sierra Campbell and Fathali M. Moghaddam; 7. Political plasticity and revolution: the case of Iran Fathali M. Moghaddam; 8. The Velvet Revolution of land and minds Tania Zittoun; 9. Wordworth's insurgency: living the French Revolution Duncan Wu; 10. Between the guillotine and the Velvet Revolution: what is at stake? Jaan Valsiner; Part III. Representations of and in Revolution: 11. Image politics of the Arab Uprisings Sarah H. Awad and Brady Wagoner; 12. Constructing cultural pathology: the December 2008 upheaval in the Greek press Nikos Bozatzis and Christina Teliou; 13. Restoring cultural identity clarity in times of revolution: the role of historical narratives Roxane de la Sablonnière, Donald M. Taylor and Mathieu Caron-Diotte; 14. The shark and the octopus: two revolutionary styles Fathali M. Moghaddam.