Mass Formation Psychosis and the Importance of the Counter Narrative
Maybe it's not other people who are brainwashed - maybe it's us
The term mass formation psychosis is used to describe a kind of collective hysteria, or group think. The idea of mass hysteria or insanity was put forward in 1895 by Gustave le Bon1, discussed by Carl Jung in 19512 and most recently, a new permutation of their ideas by clinical psychologist Matthias Desmet3 has been popularized. Desmet suggests that a popu…
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