Portrayal of the Crowds in the Works of Elias Canetti

AcknowledgementsForewordSynopsis1. Introduction2. Elias Canetti and his Relationship with Crowds; 2.1. Canetti's Life; 2.2. Works by Canetti; 2.3. Canetti's encounters with Crowds; 2.3.1. The murder of Walther Rathenau und thedemonstrations in Frankfurt; 2.3.2. The Burning of the Viennese Court of Justice; 2.3.3. Captivity for 35 years and until death; 2.3.4. Being inside and outside of the crowd3. Portrayal of the crowds in Canetti's Masse und Macht; 3.1. Open and Closed Crowds (Offene und Geschlossene Massen); 3.1.1. Open Crowds (Offene Massen); 3.1.2. Geschlossene Massen (Closed Crowds); 3.2. Aspects of Crowds; 3.3. Classification of the crowds based on their Attributes; 3.4. Crowds of descendants; 3.5. Classification of the crowds based on Emotions; 3.5.1. The Hetzmasse (baiting crowd); 3.5.2. The Fluchtmasse (The flight or fleeing crowd); 3.5.3. The Verbotsmasse (Prohibition Crowds); 3.5.4. The Umkehrungsmasse (Reversal Crowds); 3.5.5. The Festmasse (Feast Crowds); 3.6. Canetti's Theory of the Doppelmassen (The Double Crowds); 3.7. Crowd Crystals; 3.8. Crowd Symbols; 3.9. The "packs" and religions; 3.10. Crowds and religions; 3.11. Crowds in History; 3.11.1. Crowds & Command4. Portrayal of the Crowds in the other major works of Elias Canetti; 4.1. Crowds in Die Blendung; 4.2. Portrayal of the crowds in Canetti's plays; 4.2.1. Komödie der Eitelkeit (The Comedy of Vanity); 4.2.2. Hochzeit (The Wedding); 4.2.3. Die Befristeten (The Numbered); 4.3. Elements of Doppelmassen in Die Stimmen von Marrakesch; 4.4. Canetti's Autobiographies; 4.4.1. Die gerettete Zunge (The Tongue Set Free); 4.4.2. Die Fackel im Ohr (The Torch in My Ear); 4.4.2. Das Augenspiel (Play of the Eyes)5. Canetti's Theories as Applied to the Crowds in the Present World; 5.1. The Multiple Crowd that United Germany; 5.2. The Y2K Crowd; 5.3. The 9/11 Crowd; 5.4. The lamenting Crowd - Death of Princess Diana; 5.5. The festive Crowd of Oktoberfest; 5.6. The Fluchtmasse: The anti-euro Crowd in

Dr. Syed Ibrahim, an Indian scholar and German specialist, has been obsessed with the topic of crowds in India since several decades. With its huge population of several hundred languages, vast cultural, social and political diversity, India offers him the right place to analyse and apply Canetti's theories on crowds.