CONTRADICTIONS IN THE USE OF THE TERM MASS AND ITS SYNONYMS IN THE WORKS OF THE THEORISTS OF MASS SOCIETY Cover Image

ПРОТИВОРЕЧИЯ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ТЕРМИНА МАССА И ЕГО СИНОНИМОВ В ТРУДАХ ТЕОРЕТИКОВ МАССОВОГО ОБЩЕСТВА
CONTRADICTIONS IN THE USE OF THE TERM MASS AND ITS SYNONYMS IN THE WORKS OF THE THEORISTS OF MASS SOCIETY

Author(s): Svetlana Sergeyevna Fedchenko
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Special Branches of Philosophy, Semantics, Philosophy of Language
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: mass; crowd; public; mass society; elite; mass man;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the semantic content of the terms mass, crowd and public as considered by the researchers of the 20th century. The problem of contradictions among the systems of different researchers as well as within one and the same concept is raised. This study gradually proves the absence of any unified theory of mass since the theorists of mass society explore different concepts and phenomena. The causes of incorrect confusion regarding the meanings of the terms crowd, mass and public are analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 156/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 184-191
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian