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Social Psychology The Psychology of Social Movements

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VERY different approaches to the psychology of society are presented by the two books under review.

Social Psychology

By Prof. Daniel Katz Prof. Richard L. Schanck. Pp. xiv + 700. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1938.) 18s. 6d. net.

The Psychology of Social Movements

a Psycho-Analytic View of Society. By Dr. Pryns Hopkins. Pp. 284. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1938.) 10s. 6d. net.

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BLACKBURN, J. Social Psychology The Psychology of Social Movements. Nature 143, 618–619 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143618a0

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