Crowds and Power

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Crowds and Power

First Edition
Author	Elias Canetti
Original title	Masse und Macht
Translator	Carol Stewart
Language	German
Publication date	1960
Publication place	Germany

Crowds and Power (‹See Tfd›German: Masse und Macht) is a 1960 book by Elias Canetti, dealing with the dynamics of crowds and "packs" and the question of how and why crowds obey power of rulers. Canetti draws a parallel between ruling and paranoia. Also, the memoirs of Daniel Paul Schreber are analyzed with an implicit critique of Sigmund Freud^{[citation needed]} and Gustave Le Bon.^{[citation needed]}

The book was translated from German into English by Carol Stewart in 1962 and published by Gollancz.