The Crowd

ISBN-13: 9781560007883 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 238 str.

Le Bon; Gustave Le Bon

Opis

Gustave LeBon's The Crowd is not only a classic, but one of the best-selling scientific books in social psychology and collective behavior ever written. Here, LeBon analyzes the nature of crowds and their role in political movements. He presents crowd behavior as a problem of science and power, a natural phenomenon with practical implications. Originally published in 1895, LeBon's book was the first to expand the scope of inquiry beyond criminal crowds to include all possible kinds of collective phenomena. Its continuing significance is evident even in the Los Angeles riots of 1992 in which LeBon's theories were cited in testimony.

Spis treści

Introduction to The Transaction Edition; Author’s Preface; Introduction; Book I: The Mind of Crowds; I: General Characteristics of Crowds—Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity; II: The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds; III: The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds; IV: A Religious Shape Assumed by All The Convictions of Crowds; Book II: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds; I: Remote Factors of The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds; II: The Immediate Factors of The Opinions of Crowds; III: The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion; IV: Limitations of The Variability of The Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds; Book III: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds; I: The Classification of Crowds; II: Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds; III: Criminal Juries; IV: Electoral Crowds; V: Parliamentary Assemblies

O autorze

Ronald V. Clarke, Marcus Felson