Crowds and Identities: John Drury's Research Group

علم النفس الاجتماعي في الحج بمكة المكرمة في هذا الأسبوع من كل عام يقام الحج الذي يعدّ من أكبر فعاليات الحشود في العالم (الإحصائيات الرسمة للعام الماضي ذكرت تواجد ١,٨٦٢,٩٠٩ حاج). يوصف الحج بأنه أكبر تجمّع عالمي كون المسلمين يأتون…

By John Drury, with help from Sanjeedah Choudhury. This week, the annual Hajj takes place in Mecca (Makkah) and the other holy places nearby. This Muslim pilgrimage is one of the world’s largest crowd events – the official figure for…

By John Drury. There is evidence that recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, which saw a mass mobilization of white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan, and Nazis have served to embolden and strengthen these groups, who are now ‘bursting with confidence’. The…