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The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind by Bon, Gustave le is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind about?
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, by French social theorist Gustave Le Bon, is a short treatise written in 1895 on the principles of large gatherings of people. As the disclaimer on the title page notes, the ideas in Le Bon's book were popular at the time of the late 19th century but are no longer in vogue today. The reasons for this are obvious, as LeBon unpretentiously puts to fault all the rhetoric about "democracy," "equality," "fraternity," and "equality" as being mere catchphrases that self-serving demagogues use to control the spirit of the masses. He cites the French Revolution and the demands of Socialism and Communism during his time. Le Bon outlines the way crowds tend to think (in vivid images illogically connected), how they reason (they don't for all practical purposes), how they express exaggerated emotion, how they are very quick to take action without coherent thought and of the general extreme-conservatism and intolerance of crowds. The individual who becomes part of a crowd tends to loose himself, and feels invincible as he is aware of the similarity of mind and purpose of all those surrounding him. In the book, Le Bon claims that there are several characte
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- Author
- Bon, Gustave le
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Published
- 1895
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (249 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14