ABSTRACT

Natural sciences have not yet offered an adequate interpretation of sociality—the tendency to form collectives—in the animal world. Frequently leads to more acute forms of antagonistic interaction, which bring individuals together in a lasting antagonistic collective unity. In any case, every collective presupposes the existence of common interests in one or another respect, which is precisely what maintains the unity among the members of a collective. One can deduce from the above that the movements, gestures, facial expressions and actions of a crowd's leaders and heroes in some cases stimulate concentration and thereby increase collective impressionability, while in other cases they provoke blind imitation. Hearing plays an even greater role in uniting popular masses. First of all, it is the ability to hear that makes uniformity of movement possible. One need mention only the role of music in marches, dances, and gymnastic exercises involving large numbers of people.