Power, Crowds, Violence and Desire in Elias Canetti and Rene Girard    by Luca Luchesini
Price: $3.00 USD. 5130 words. Published on December 27, 2012. .
The essay nails down the key ideas about the origin of power and the behavior of human crowds as explained by Elias Canetti in his monumental work “Crowds and Power” and connects the dots with those of Rene Girard about desire, violence and religion to provide a comprehensive theory of the origins of power and religion.