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Tag Archives: Elias Canetti
Crowds and Power, by Elias Canetti
I am continuing to read Elias Canetti’s Crowds and Power. I find that I can only read 3 or 4 pages at a time. The prose is so specific, every sentence has such weight, and what he calls up in … Continue reading
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More On Crowds, from Elias Canetti
Here is the first little section of Elias Canetti’s book Crowds and Power. It may not be everybody’s taste – but within a paragraph or so, I felt this weird bottoming out inside of me, and I thought: “Okay. This … Continue reading
The Study of Crowds
I have already begun to read Elias Canetti’s book Crowds and Power – it is dense, and rather slow-going, and yet – I can see why he is so influential, I can see why people who are interested in culture, … Continue reading