For 10 points, name this author of such autobiographies as The Play of the Eyes and The Torch in My Ear, who wrote a study of the threats to individualism in Crowds and Power.
This author claimed to have "literally held his tongue for ten years" after a childhood incident in which a man threatened to cut off his tongue if he revealed that the man was sleeping with this person's nanny. He explained the idea of the "acoustic mask" in one work, and he titled another of his works after a journal published by Karl Kraus. One of his sociological texts notes that teeth are the most unique part of the body and begins with a chapter on "the fear of being touched" in order to analyze the irrationality of mass movements. For 10 points, name this author of such autobiographies as The Play of the Eyes and The Torch in My Ear, who wrote a study of the threats to individualism in Crowds and Power.
This author claimed to have "literally held his tongue for ten years" after a childhood incident in which a man threatened to cut off his tongue if he revealed that the man was sleeping with this person's nanny.
Elias {Canetti}