Gustave Le Bon

The Mob Mentality (eBook, ePUB)

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edition brings to you Le Bon's two most celebrated works, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" and "The Psychology of Revolution", which made a breakthrough in what is now known as crowd psychology. Le Bon theorised about a new entity, "psychological crowd", which emerges from incorporating the assembled population not only forms a new body but also creates a collective "unconsciousness". As a group of people gather together and coalesces to form a crowd, there is a "magnetic influence given out by the crowd" that transmutes every individual's behaviour until it becomes governed by the "group mind"._x000D_ Gustave Le Bon was a French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics. Ignored or maligned by sections of the French academic and scientific establishment during his life due to his politically conservative and reactionary views, Le Bon was critical of democracy and socialism. Le Bon's works were influential to such disparate figures as Theodore Roosevelt and Benito Mussolini, Sigmund Freud and José Ortega y Gasset, Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4066339572416
• Artikelnr.: 69545647

Autorenporträt

Gustave Le Bon, born on May 7, 1841, in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France, and deceased on December 13, 1931, was a pioneering figure in social psychology. He was trained as a physician but his interests spanned anthropology, sociology, psychology, as well as physics. His work significantly influenced the field of crowd psychology, and he is best known for his seminal book 'Psychologie des Foules' (1895), translated as 'The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind', which laid the groundwork for his theories on collective behavior. Although 'The Mob Mentality' is often cited as a book written by Le Bon, it is likely a misconception or confusion with his famous 'The Crowd,' which discusses how individual reasoning is swayed, and even dominated, by group dynamics and the collective mindset of crowds. His assertions on the irrationality of crowds and the sway of charismatic leaders were innovative for his time, and his analysis on the psychological characteristics of crowds remains influential. His works delve into topics such as the loss of personal responsibility in groups, the role of leaders in directing crowds, and the impact of race and traditions on the mindset of peoples. Le Bon's ideas have been both celebrated and criticized, yet his contributions to social theory continue to be studied and referenced in scholarly discussions on mass psychology and sociology. Not only did Le Bon's theoretical constructs provide a groundwork for understanding crowd psychology, but they also paved the way for later theories on group dynamics and mass movements. His literary style is characterized by sharp observations and a prescient understanding of the effects of mass communication and herd behavior, themes still relevant to contemporary sociological and psychological research.