The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
Author: Gustav Le BonPaperback:Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN 10: 1540408159ISBN 13: 978-1540408150Hardcover:Publisher: SMK BooksISBN 10: 1515435911ISBN 13: 978-1515435914Le Bon's superb and innovative study of crowd psychology is published here without abridgment. First appearing in the 1890s, Gustav Le Bon's account of the crowd is an important work of early psychology. In life, Le Bon was famous for mastering aspects of several scientific disciplines, forging progress in each. This is true with his investigations on crowd and group psychology, which he compiled in this book. In this treatise, Le Bon identifies a number of common characteristics all crowds possess: The first part, Le Bon examines the mental characteristics of all crowds. Whether they possess moral constraints, can adopt ideas or reason out circumstances, or carry a potential of religious undercurrent is investigated. The second part investigates the various beliefs and sentiments which