The formal program in collective behavior at the University of Chicago was at a low point in the late 1940s, but interest in collective behavior remained prominent in race relations and several other vital programs. The early Chicago writings on collective behavior are often misinterpreted as expressions of the more recent clinical perspective and rationality debates. Robert Park viewed social unrest as a healthy rather than pathological manifestation, saw crowds as purposeful, and held that our hopes and dreams, rather than hardship and distress, are the inspiration for revolutionary activity.
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