The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

"The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race. When, however, a certain number of these individuals are gathered together in a crowd for purposes of action, observation proves that, from the mere fact of their being asse...

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"The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race. When, however, a certain number of these individuals are gathered together in a crowd for purposes of action, observation proves that, from the mere fact of their being assembled, there result certain new psychological characteristics, which are added to the racial characteristics and differ from them at times to a very considerable degree."-From the Preface to "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", a pivotal work in the field of group psychology which was written in 1895 by French social psychologist, Gustave Le Bon.

Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.

His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth cent...

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Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.

His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth century when it was used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media.

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BOOK I. THE MIND OF CROWDS.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROWDS. -- PYSCHOLOGICAL LAW OF THEIR MENTAL UNITY.
CHAPTER II. THE SENTIMENTS AND MORALITY OF CROWDS.
CHAPTER III. THE IDEAS, REASONING POWER, AND IMAGINATION OF CROWDS.
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Front Matter
BOOK I. THE MIND OF CROWDS.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROWDS. -- PYSCHOLOGICAL 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 THE 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.
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