THE CROWD IBD

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Complete 1896 original edition of The Crowd, A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon is the first popularist study of mob psychology which influenced Mussolini, Hitler, and scores more for over 100 years.á'The decisions affecting matters of general interest come to by an assembly of men of distinction, but specialists in different walks of life, are not sensibly superior to the decisions that would be adopted by a gathering of imbeciles.'áStudy the 'magnetic influence given out by the crowd' in this historic book that has for over 12 decades! This 1896 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.TABLE OF CONTENTSPREFACEááááááááááááá3INTRODUCTION THE ERA OF CROWDSáááá5BOOK I: THE MIND OF CROWDS 10CHAPTER I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROWDS- PSYCHOLOGICAL LAW OF THEIR MENTAL UNITYáááá10CHAPTER II THE SENTIMENTS AND MORALITY OF CROWDSááááááááááá15CHAPTER III THE IDEAS, REASONING POWER, AND IMAGINATION OF CROWDSáááá26CHAPTER IV A RELIGIOUS SHAPE ASSUMED BY ALL THE CONVICTIONS OF CROWDSááááááááááá31BOOK II: THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDSáááááááááááá35CHAPTER I REMOTE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDSáááááááááááá35CHAPTER II THE IMMEDIATE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS OF CROWDSááááá45CHAPTER III THE LEADERS OF CROWDS AND THEIR MEANS OF PERSUASIONááááááááá52CHAPTER IV LIMITATIONS OF THE VARIABILITY OF THE BELIEFS AND OPINIONS OF CROWDSáááááááááá63BOOK III: THE CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CROWDS 70CHAPTER I THE CLASSIFICATION OF CROWDSáááááá70CHAPTER II CROWDS TERMED CRIMINAL CROWDSááááááááááá72CHAPTER III CRIMINAL JURIESáááá75CHAPTER IV ELECTORAL CROWDSáááááááááááá78CHAPTER V PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLIESááááááááááá83