Mobs (and collective hysterias etc.) are dangerous. Studying the dynamics of mobs is crucial for understanding them, and potentially inhibiting or defusing them. But notice that to admit that mobs are a dangerous sort of “object” does not mean the individuals within the mob are not culpable. Of course they’re culpable!
Mass hysteria and levels of explanation
Mass hysteria and levels of explanation
Mass hysteria and levels of explanation
Mobs (and collective hysterias etc.) are dangerous. Studying the dynamics of mobs is crucial for understanding them, and potentially inhibiting or defusing them. But notice that to admit that mobs are a dangerous sort of “object” does not mean the individuals within the mob are not culpable. Of course they’re culpable!