Past Impersonal: Group Process in Human History
| AUTHOR | Binion, Rudolph |
| PUBLISHER | Northern Illinois University Press (08/26/2005) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
In this groundbreaking study, renowned historian Rudolph Binion develops a whole new of understanding human history. Exploring the collective dimension of human behavior in various historic contexts, he argues that people participate in purposeful group actions while pursuing only their own individual ends as far as they know. The basic moving force in history thus illegible] neither individual motives, nor abstract tendencies such as modernization or globalization, but group process operating in concealment. Through several complementary historic case studies ranging over two millenniums, Binion demonstrates how individuals pursue group purposes, or hidden group agendas, unawares.
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ISBN-13:
9780875803456
ISBN-10:
0875803458
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
208
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
6.34 x 0.74 x 9.28 inches
Weight:
1.08 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Psychology | General
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
302.309
Library of Congress Control Number:
2005007277
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In this groundbreaking study, renowned historian Rudolph Binion develops a whole new of understanding human history. Exploring the collective dimension of human behavior in various historic contexts, he argues that people participate in purposeful group actions while pursuing only their own individual ends as far as they know. The basic moving force in history thus illegible] neither individual motives, nor abstract tendencies such as modernization or globalization, but group process operating in concealment. Through several complementary historic case studies ranging over two millenniums, Binion demonstrates how individuals pursue group purposes, or hidden group agendas, unawares.
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Author:
Binion, Rudolph
Rudolph Binion is the Leff Families Professor of Modern European History at Brandeis University, and is the author of "Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple, Hitler Among the Germans", and "After Christianity".
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