Ungdom og masse

Abstract

Often, youth and youth-movements have been the object of societal anxiety. As a rebellious and uncontrolled social phenomenon, a mass phenomenon, it has attracted political and social scientific awareness. Youth, as being rebellious and uncontrolled, however, seems to be a natural part of youth development. The »youth-problem« is a problem of individualization and social integration. In this article the focus is on the understanding and analysis of individualization and social integration, which as a historical issue became the object of social psychology. It is shown how mass-psychology emerged as a first step in the development of social psychology. It was devoted to an understanding and mastering of the problems of individualization and social integration - and for this reason to an understanding of the problem of youth-development.