Authors: Gustave Le Bon, Gustave Le Bon, Le Bon
ISBN-13: 9780486419565, ISBN-10: 0486419568
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: January 2002
Edition: Reprint
Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed.. Insightful for its apprehension of the primitive nature of crowds, Le Bon's treatise on crowd psychology was influential to Freud, Hitler, and Mussolini. The reprinting allows its inclusion as source material for courses in psychology and history. The volume is not indexed Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction to the Transaction Edition | 1 | |
Author's Preface | 27 | |
Introduction: The Era of Crowds | 33 | |
Bk. I | The Mind of Crowds | |
I | General Characteristics of Crowds - Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity | 43 |
II | The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds | 55 |
III | The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds | 81 |
IV | A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds | 93 |
Bk. II | The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds | |
I | Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds | 101 |
II | The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds | 123 |
III | The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion | 139 |
IV | Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds | 163 |
Bk. III | The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds | |
I | The Classification of Crowds | 177 |
II | Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds | 183 |
III | Criminal Juries | 189 |
IV | Electoral Crowds | 199 |
V | Parliamentary Assemblies | 211 |