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when groups go crazy - with Dr Steven Moffic
Manage episode 379106299 series 2898906
A look at group psychosis, mass sociogenic illness, and the folie a plusiers with the eminent social psychiatrist Dr Steven Moffic. How groups can come to share absurd fantasies that can lead to atrocities. Recorded on 9/11 and especially relevant to the events of that day in 2001. Truth and Reconciliation and how music can help to integrate disparate communities. links: The Tulip Craze: A Smithsonian article and an entertaining video series Braver Angels The Heroic Imagination project Coltrane Resolution Spike's Note: I just couldn't bring myself to put in the photo I found of Louis Armstrong advertising the laxative mentioned. If you really want to see it, then search "Louis Armstrong Swiss Kriss Laxative" and you'll find it soon enough. And now *your* search history has that in it. You're welcome.
171 episodes
Manage episode 379106299 series 2898906
A look at group psychosis, mass sociogenic illness, and the folie a plusiers with the eminent social psychiatrist Dr Steven Moffic. How groups can come to share absurd fantasies that can lead to atrocities. Recorded on 9/11 and especially relevant to the events of that day in 2001. Truth and Reconciliation and how music can help to integrate disparate communities. links: The Tulip Craze: A Smithsonian article and an entertaining video series Braver Angels The Heroic Imagination project Coltrane Resolution Spike's Note: I just couldn't bring myself to put in the photo I found of Louis Armstrong advertising the laxative mentioned. If you really want to see it, then search "Louis Armstrong Swiss Kriss Laxative" and you'll find it soon enough. And now *your* search history has that in it. You're welcome.
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