The Crowd

By (author) Gustave Le Bon; By (author) Bon, Gustave Le
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One of the most influential books on social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive in the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd. A must-read for students, politicians, and investors.
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One of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written, brilliantly instructive on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more. A must-read volume for students of history, sociology, law and psychology.
Table of contents:
INTRODUCTION The Era of Crowds Book I: The Mind of Crowds Chapter I General Characteristics of Crowds-Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity Chapter II The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds Chapter III "The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds" Chapter IV A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds Book II: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds Chapter I Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds Chapter II The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds Chapter III The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion Chapter IV Limitations of Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds Book III: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds Chapter I The Classification of Crowds Chapter II Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds Chapter III Criminal Juries Chapter IV Electoral Crowds Chapter V Parliamentary Assemblies