Farlig stupiditet

Massen som moderne diskurs. Tidssvarende, anti-fascistiske betragtninger.

Abstract

A preliminary argumentations for tracing a »genealogy of the masses« as a subject of discourse of the 19th and 20th centuries. The relevance of such an excavation lies in the possibility of locating some origins of the disrespect for man-in-the-masses, which current way of communication exhibits through the very form of addressing the audience. A disrespect, which is seen as a breeding ground for Fascism. The well-known »archaeological« method of Michel Foucault is considered especially useful for the project, with »Historie de la sexualite« as a model for the treating
of a topic, in the same way excluded-and-produced in the culture of the 19th century. Le Bon's, Freud's and Canetti's wrightings are pointed out as excellent examples of establishing the stupid and.cruel man-in-the-masses.