The Behavior of Crowds: A Psychological Study (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Everett Dean Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330884280 ISBN 13 : 9781330884287

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Understand how crowds think and why they act the way they do, so you can see the hidden forces at work in society. This nonfiction study explores the psychology of crowds, showing how collective thinking can shape beliefs, actions, and power structures in everyday life.

Drawing on psychological concepts and historical examples, the book explains how crowd mentality forms, how it influences democracy, and how individual behavior changes when surrounded by a mass. It sheds light on the tension between personal autonomy and group influence, helping readers recognize patterns in politics, culture, and social movements.

• How crowd thinking differs from individual decision making


• Ways beliefs and ideals spread through groups


• Mechanisms that sustain or undermine social order


• Implications for freedom, leadership, and civic responsibility

Ideal for readers interested in psychology, history, and how public opinion shapes nations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Behavior of Crowds: A Psychological Study

Since the publication of Le Bons book. The Crowd, little has been added to our knowledge of the mechanisms of crowdbehavior. As a practical problem, the habit of crowd-making is daily becoming a more serious menace to civilization. Events are making it more and more clear that, pressing as are certain economic questions, the forces which threaten society are really psychological.

Interest in the economic struggle has to a large extent diverted attention from the significance of the problems of social psychology. Social psychology is still a rather embryonic science, and this notwithstanding the fact that psychiatry has recently provided us with a method with which we may penetrate more deeply than ever before into the inner sources of motive and conduct.

The remedy which I have suggested in Chapter Xdeserves a much more extended treatment than I have given it. It involves one of the great mooted questions of modern philosophical discussion.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330884280
• ISBN 13: 9781330884287
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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