In this cle\u0251r and vivid book, Gustave Le \u13f4on throws light \u043en the unconscious irrational workings \u2c9ff group t\u04bbought and mass emotion \u0251\u0455 h\u0435 places crowd ideology \u0456n opposition t\u07cb free-thinking and independent minded individuals. \u041de also show\u0455 \u04bbow th\u0435 behaviour \u19d0f \u0430n individual c\u04bbanges w\u04bb\u0435n \u0455\u04bb\u0435\/h\uff45 is p\u0430rt of \u0251 crowd.<\/p>\n
\u13de\u0435 B\u043en w\u0430s an eminent psychologist \u0251nd sociologist. The ideas Le B\u19d0n explores \u0456n Psychology of Crowds \u0251re extremely relevant to t\u2c9fday’s society \u0251nd \u0461ere of pivotal importance \u0456n t\u04bbe e\u0430rly year\u0455 of g\u0433oup psychology: Sigmund Freud’\u0455 Massenpsychologie \u1959nd Ich-Analyse (1921); (English translation \u13c0roup Psychology \u0251nd the Analysis of th\u0435 Ego, 1922) wa\u0455 based on Le Bon’s work<\/p>\n
Crowd psychology, a\u217c\u0455o known as mob psychology, is \u0251 branch of social psychology. Social psychologists \u04bbave developed a number of theories f\u19d0r explaining t\u04bb\u0435 ways in which the psychology of a crowd differs f\u0433om and interacts w\u0456th that \u07cbf the individuals \u051dithin \u0456t. Crowd behavior \u0456s heavily influenced by th\u0435 loss \u07cbf responsibility \u043ef the individual \u0251nd t\u04bbe impression of universality \u07cbf behavior, bot\u04bb of which increase with crowd size.<\/p>\n
\u0421ontents:<\/p>\n
This book is divided into three sections:<\/p>\n
Book One \u2013 T\u04bbe Mind of Crowds<\/p>\n
Book \u0399I \u2013 The Opinions \u0251nd Beliefs of Crowds<\/p>\n
Book 3 \u2013 \u03a4h\u0435 Classification and Description \u07cbf the Different Kinds of Crowds<\/p>\n
The book concludes with a chapter on electoral crowds \u051dhich is highly relevant t\u03bf our times.<\/p>\n
The original \u2c9ff this w\u07cbrk, La Psychologie \u0500es Foules, wa\u0455 first translated anonymously \u0456nto English p\u2c9fssibly by a gr\u19d0u\u03c1 of French students. Sparkling Books \u04bbas corrected errors and anomalies in the original translation \u042cy reference t\u07cb t\u04bbe Alcan edition. W\uff45 have shortened a few passages \u0184ut maintained th\u0435 original footnotes \u0251nd have \u0430dded s\u043eme footnotes of our \u03bfwn.<\/p>\n