HIST 1003 Lecture : Week 9
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First film: bicycles were featured, which were new, there were also a lot of women, people had a crazy since that life was speeding up. And you can see that in the arts. Who is afraid of the masses": people are afraid because now everyone is getting a say sufferage. The front guard of the military marching forward. Le bon, the crowd, 1896: the masses, even if they aren"t voting, their voice matters and you cant ignore them. They"re starting to run society: he fears the crowds. He feels that they are robots, not guided by reason. Easily swayed by anything: loose all force of will. Industrial society and socialism in practice10/21/2015 7:29:00 pm. A fear of the masses, that they were less rational. That when they were in a group they would abandon what they knew and go with the movement. Suffrage the right to vote: sufferagetes the women. Few countries allowed women the right to boat.
