Conformity and obedience (3)
The first studies on adaptation and obedience in the late 19th century focused almost exclusively on mass phenomena. The importance of this perspective was to become apparent only at the beginning of the 20th century, with its two major world wars. The 1930s in particular were the time when politics first practically embraced this knowledge, mobilizing populations for the worst through large mass rallies.
But the politics of the new mass democracies that emerged after the war also had to be able to count on adaptation and obedience. So, how are adaptation and obedience to be understood in a normal, everyday situation, without all the mass hypnosis and collective trance?
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About The Author
Thierry Simonelli
Thierry Simonelli ist Psychoanalytiker, Doktor der Psychologie und der Philosophie. Er hat an verschiedenen Universitäten in Paris, Reims, Metz und Luxemburg Psychologie und Philosophie gelehrt und ist Autor mehrerer Bücher. Seit 2001 ist er in privater Praxis als Psychoanalytiker in Luxemburg tätig.
