The Crowd: A Study Of The Popular Mind - Couverture souple

Bon, Gustave Le

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ISBN 10 : 1599869713 ISBN 13 : 9781599869711

Editeur : Filiquarian, 2007

Synopsis

This important work by Gustave Le Bon, studies the characteristics, psychology, beliefs and factors of crowds. The book uses science to examine crowds and their opinions and theories. The Crowd discusses classifications of different types of crowds including criminal juries, electoral crowds, and parliamentary assemblies. This book should not be passed up by political science and social science students and professionals.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology. His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth century when it was used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media. He also contributed to controversy about the nature of matter and energy. His book The Evolution of Matter was very popular in France (having twelve editions), and though some of its ideas—notably that all matter was inherently unstable and was constantly and slowly transforming into luminiferous ether—were used by some physicists of the time (including Henri Poincaré), his specific formulations were not given much consideration. In 1896 he reported observing a new kind of radiation, which he termed "black light" (not the same as what modern people call black light today), though it was later discovered not to exist.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or working in the fields of sociology, law, and psychology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Filiquarian
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1599869713
• ISBN 13: 9781599869711
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 206
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible