Book

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Gustave Le Bon’s influential early study of collective behavior, persuasion, leadership, belief, and political crowds. The book is presented as intellectual history: several racial and social claims are dated and contested rather than current scientific consensus.

Chapters

1IntroductionIntroduction: The Era of Crowds○
2Chapter 2General Characteristics of Crowds○
3Chapter 3The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds○
4Chapter 4The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds○
5Chapter 5