DST 500 Lecture : Wk. 4 - Lecture - Collective Madness.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: DST 500
• Professor: Jijian Voronka

Document Summary

Collective madness and societal madness can be used interchangeably within this lecture. Collective is like the group is an entity in itself. Societal is taking global attributes and applying them to the group. Fashion fads: groups of people to agree to dress/act a certain way: usually accessible to higher classes first, for example: uggs. Careerism: never being satisfied no matter how successful you are. Riots: they don"t target specific groups of people: for example: g20 in toronto. Panic: require that there is not enough time or means to escape: whether the threat is real or perceived. It"s not the idea that panic is irrational: main difference between mass hysteria: hysteria there is lack of info whereas panic there is lack of info and time. Some sociologists believe that it is strain on collectives that causes madness. When there is more strain, there are more negative impacts on these cultures, leading to collective madness.