Somebody should apply the great theorist of crowd action (Hobsbawm, Rude, Zemon Davis, Thompson) to current wave of global protests.
@StephenHenighan I think that's true, although also the case that Thompson on moral economy of crowd still suggestive
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@HeerJeet And I haven't read that one! (Time to turn off the computer and go back to the library.) -
@StephenHenighan Quick summary: food riots not lawless but based on complex, shared ideas of fair price. Heavily ritualized.
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