1.A few thoughts on the scholarly literature of riots & popular protests, perhaps useful for understanding Ferguson.
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2. There is a lot of talk going around about mob violence and disorder. Might be useful to step back and think about the broader history.
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3. There is 19th century literature about the unruly mob, often portrayed as insane, a body of writing rooted in pseudo-science (phrenology)
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4. Tradition of dismissing popular protest as "mob violence" was effectively challenged by the great British Marxists: E.P. Thompson & Co.
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5. The scholarly literature I'm thinking of comes from E.P. Thompson, Hobsbawm, George Rudes, Natalie Zemon Davis & many others.
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6. In writing on 18th century food riots, Thompson showed that far from being mindless, popular protests highly ritualized & followed script
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7. With food riots, you have very consistent pattern: broke out when authorities failed to uphold social contract based on moral economy
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@JulieKinMI Also, think about what it means to deploy word "lynch" against blacks who have had teenager killed.
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