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a study of the popular mind

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The crowd

a study of the popular mind

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"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." "LeBon emphasizes the various areas of modern life where crowd behavior holds sway, particularly political upheavals. He focuses on electoral campaigns, parliaments, juries, labor agitation, and street demonstrations. At the same time, his treatment of crowds is far from complimentary. In a new introduction to this edition, Robert A. Nye presents a broad analytical understanding of the relationship between power and knowledge in crowd theory. He also discusses the historical circumstances and the various personalities who have shaped our understanding of crowds. Nye emphasizes The Crowd's continuing usefulness to cultural historians, psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists. He also places LeBon in a rich tradition of European social theory."--BOOK JACKET.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
207

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Cover of: The Crowd
The Crowd
January 8, 2002, Dover Publications
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
September 1982, Cherokee Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA 1982
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The crowd: a study of the popular mind
1977, Penguin Books
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The crowd: a study of the popular-mind.
1960, Viking Press
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Edition Notes

Translation of Psychologie des foules.
Reprint of the ed. published by Viking Press, New York.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
301.18/2
Library of Congress
HM281 .L53 1977

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxix, 207 p. ;
Number of pages
207

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4538819M
Internet Archive
crowdstudyofpopu0000lebo_f9r4
ISBN 10
0140045317
LCCN
77005059
OCLC/WorldCat
505741493, 2873700
Library Thing
681224
Goodreads
4737345

Excerpts

What constitutes a crowd from the psychological point of view-A numerically strong agglomeration of individuals does not suffice to form a crowd-Special characteristics of psychological crowds-The turning in a fixed direction of the ideas and sentiments of individuals composing such a crowd, and the disappearance of their personality-The crowd is always dominated by considerations of which it is unconscious-The disappearance of brain activity and the predominance of medullar activity-The lowering of the intelligence and the complete transformation of the sentiments-The transformed sentiments may be better or worse than those of the individuals of which the crowd is composed-A crowd is as easily heroic as criminal.
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