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Routledge
238 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Gustav Le Bon's The Crowd is not only a classic, but one of the best-selling scientific books in social psychology and collective behavior ever written. Here, Le Bon analyzes the nature of crowds and their role in political movements. He presents crowd behavior as a problem of science and power, a natural phenomenon with practical implications. Originally published in 1895, Le Bon's was the... Read more
Introduction to The Transaction Edition; Author’s Preface; Introduction; Book I: The Mind of Crowds; I: General Characteristics of Crowds—Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity; II: The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds; III: The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds; IV: A Religious Shape Assumed by All The Convictions of Crowds; Book II: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds; I: Remote Factors of The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds; II: The Immediate Factors of The Opinions of Crowds; III: The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion; IV: Limitations of The Variability of The Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds; Book III: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds; I: The Classification of Crowds; II: Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds; III: Criminal Juries; IV: Electoral Crowds; V: Parliamentary Assemblies
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