The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

by Gustave Lebon

Overview

'Crowds, doubtless, are always unconscious, but this very unconsciousness is perhaps one of the secrets of their strength.' Gustave Le Bon gives insight into the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849026154
Publisher:	Benediction Books
Publication date:	10/19/2010
Pages:	146
Sales rank:	672,471
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction: The Era of Crowds	ix
Book I	The Mind of Crowds
Chapter I	General Characteristics of Crowds--Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity	1
Chapter II	The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds	10
Chapter III	The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds	29
Chapter IV	A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds	38
Book II	The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
Chapter I	Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds	43
Chapter II	The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds	60
Chapter III	The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion	72
Chapter IV	Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds	89
Book III	The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds
Chapter I	The Classification of Crowds	100
Chapter II	Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds	104
Chapter III	Criminal Juries	108
Chapter IV	Electoral Crowds	114
Chapter V	Parliamentary Assemblies	123