The Crowd: A Study of the Popular MindOne 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 volumenbsp; for students of history, sociology, law and psychology. |
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Contents
The Era of Crowds | ix |
The Mind of Crowds | 1 |
The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds | 10 |
The Ideas Reasoning Power and Imagination of Crowds | 29 |
A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds | 38 |
The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds | 43 |
The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds | 60 |
The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion | 72 |
Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds | 89 |
The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds | 100 |
Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds | 104 |
Criminal juries | 108 |
Electoral Crowds | 114 |
Parliamentary Assemblies | 123 |
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| Title | The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind |
| Author | Gustave Le Bon |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0486419568, 9780486419565 |
| Length | 139 pages |
| Subjects | › › Psychology / Social Psychology Social Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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