Peculiar Follies

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Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
literary work part ⓘ
author Charles Mackay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOn bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
history ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
social psychology ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
includedIn first edition of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
students of history ⓘ
students of social psychology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
mainTheme bizarre social phenomena ⓘ
collective behavior ⓘ
mass irrationality ⓘ
popular delusions ⓘ
partOf Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ⓘ
surface form: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
publicationYear 1841 ⓘ
relatedWork Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ⓘ
surface form: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
subjectOf analyses of mass hysteria ⓘ
studies of crowd psychology ⓘ
workContext 19th-century critique of speculative manias and social crazes ⓘ

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Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds → partTitle → Peculiar Follies ⓘ
subject surface form: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds