You are not signed in. Sign in.

List Books: Buy books on ListBooks.org

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind » (Reprint)

Book cover image of The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon

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

Find Best Prices for This Book »

Author Biography: Gustave Le Bon

Book Synopsis

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)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition1
Author's Preface27
Introduction: The Era of Crowds33
Bk. IThe Mind of Crowds
IGeneral Characteristics of Crowds - Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity43
IIThe Sentiments and Morality of Crowds55
IIIThe Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds81
IVA Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds93
Bk. IIThe Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
IRemote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds101
IIThe Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds123
IIIThe Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion139
IVLimitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds163
Bk. IIIThe Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds
IThe Classification of Crowds177
IICrowds Termed Criminal Crowds183
IIICriminal Juries189
IVElectoral Crowds199
VParliamentary Assemblies211

Subjects