A Study of the Bases of Public OpinionUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1925 - 220 pages |
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... true , but that public opinion such as it exists today is as reliable and as trust- worthy a guide . To the democrats , the falsity of their as- sumption is pointed ; to the pluralists , the existence of a public opinion different in ...
... true , but that public opinion such as it exists today is as reliable and as trust- worthy a guide . To the democrats , the falsity of their as- sumption is pointed ; to the pluralists , the existence of a public opinion different in ...
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... true , if instincts are but the first impulses in behavior , it is obvious that man , at his first arrival into the world , has not much of a luggage to begin with that sooner or later he will have need of more . And it is precisely be ...
... true , if instincts are but the first impulses in behavior , it is obvious that man , at his first arrival into the world , has not much of a luggage to begin with that sooner or later he will have need of more . And it is precisely be ...
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... true explanation of crowd - behavior . It cannot be denied that people in a crowd become strangely excited . But it is not only in crowds that people show emotion . He says also that , 3 A peculiar psychic change must happen to a group ...
... true explanation of crowd - behavior . It cannot be denied that people in a crowd become strangely excited . But it is not only in crowds that people show emotion . He says also that , 3 A peculiar psychic change must happen to a group ...
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... fact , 1. Dewey . Human Nature and Conduct , p.64 2. Nicholas Murray Butler . True and False Democracy , pp.54-55 . 3. Walter Bagehot . Physics and Politics . either consciously or unconsciously , prefer to tread the beaten 27.
... fact , 1. Dewey . Human Nature and Conduct , p.64 2. Nicholas Murray Butler . True and False Democracy , pp.54-55 . 3. Walter Bagehot . Physics and Politics . either consciously or unconsciously , prefer to tread the beaten 27.
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... are the tools of his daily being and yet they are his judgments , not 1. N. M. Butler . True and False Democracy , p.36 . 2. Edward L. Bernays . Crystalizing Public Opinion , p.62 . on a basis of research and logical deduction but for 31.
... are the tools of his daily being and yet they are his judgments , not 1. N. M. Butler . True and False Democracy , p.36 . 2. Edward L. Bernays . Crystalizing Public Opinion , p.62 . on a basis of research and logical deduction but for 31.
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Page 9 - We may, then, define an instinct as an inherited or innate psycho-physical disposition which determines its possessor to perceive, and to pay attention to, objects of a certain class, to experience an emotional excitement of a particular quality upon perceiving such an object, and to act in regard to it in a particular manner, or, at least, to experience an impulse to such action.
Page 13 - The instinctive impulses determine the end of all activities, and supply the driving power by which all mental activities are sustained...
Page 14 - ... whose fires had been drawn. These impulses are the mental forces that maintain and shape all the life of individuals and societies, and in them we are confronted with the central mystery of life and mind and will...
Page 75 - It is organization which gives birth to the dominion of the elected over the electors, of the mandatories over the mandators, of the delegates over the delegators. Who says organization, says oligarchy.
Page 41 - Inevitably our opinions cover a bigger space, a longer reach of time, a greater number of things, than we can directly observe. They have, therefore, to be pieced together out of what others have reported and what we can imagine.
Page 32 - ... how little solidity and substance there is in the political or social beliefs of nineteen persons out of every twenty. These beliefs, when examined, mostly resolve themselves into two or three prejudices and aversions, two or three prepossessions for a particular leader or party or section of a party, two or three phrases or catchwords suggesting or embodying arguments which the man who repcats them has not analyzed.
Page 5 - Of course we smile, of course our heart palpitates at the sight of the crowd, of course we love the maiden, that beautiful soul clad in that perfect form, so palpably and flagrantly made from all eternity to be loved!
Page 30 - If we examine the mental furniture of the average man, we shall find it made up of a vast number of judgments of a very precise kind upon subjects of very great variety, complexity and difficulty. He will have fairly settled views upon the origin and nature of the universe, and upon what he will probably call its meaning; he will have conclusions as to what is to happen to him at death and after, as to what is and what should be the basis of conduct.
Page 14 - ... have already noted, if an individual be isolated in this fashion, along with the fact of primacy of instinct we find also the fact of death. The inchoate and scattered impulses of an infant do not coordinate into serviceable powers except through social dependencies and companionships. His impulses are merely starting points for assimilation of the knowledge and skill of the more matured beings upon whom he depends.
Page 35 - This mechanism enables the English lady, who, to escape the stigma of having normal feet, subjects them to a formidable degree of lateral compression, to be aware of no logical inconsequence when she subscribes to missions to teach the Chinese lady how absurd it is to compress her feet longitudinally...