One section of this work compares jaws of whales to torture chambers to prove that the mouth is "the prototype for all prisons" because "whatever goes in there is lost." That chapter claims the myth of Cadmus' soldiers spring
One section of this work compares jaws of whales to torture chambers to prove that the mouth is "the prototype for all prisons" because "whatever goes in there is lost." That chapter claims the myth of Cadmus' soldiers springing from dragon teeth is linked with the order of military formations to show how physical attributes of teeth are associated with authority. Its opening section cites clothes and houses as examples of ways people create distances between themselves due to man's primal "fear of being touched." This book warns people in its section "The Command" to be wary of all orders since "the oldest commandÂ—and it is far older than manÂ— is a death sentence." It explores the crazy 19th century Dresden judge Daniel Paul Schreber, who believed he was the only man left alive on the planet as a precursor to Hitler in its section "Rulers and Paranoiacs," which examines why packs of people follow dictatorial leaders. Written 14 years after the author's novel Auto-da-FÃ©, FTP, name this book studying why mass movements follow political authority by Elias Canetti.                        
One section of this work compares jaws of whales to torture chambers to prove that the mouth is "the prototype for all prisons" because "whatever goes in there is lost.
Crowds and Power [or Masse und Macht]