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The Crowd
Gustave Le Bon
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The Crowd
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Le Bon explores the psychology, motivations, and dangers of crowds of people.

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Preface
Introduction
The Crowd
Book I: The Mind of Crowds
I: General Characteristics of Crowds—Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity
II: The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds
1: Impulsiveness, Mobility, and Irritability of Crowds
2: The Suggestibility and Credulity of Crowds
3: The Exaggeration and Ingenuousness of the Sentiments of Crowds
4: The Intolerance, Dictatorialness and Conservatism of Crowds
5: The Morality of Crowds
III: The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds
1: The Ideas of Crowds
2: The Reasoning Power of Crowds
3: The Imagination of Crowds
IV: A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds
Book II: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
I: Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
1: Race
2: Traditions
3: Time
4: Political and Social Institutions
5: Instruction and Education
II: The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds
1: Images, Words, and Formulas
2: Illusions
3: Experience
4: Reason
III: The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion
1: The Leaders of Crowds
2: The Means of Action of the Leaders: Affirmation, Repetition, Contagion
3: Prestige
IV: Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds
1: Fixed Beliefs
2: The Changeable Opinions of Crowds
Book III: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds
I: The Classification of Crowds
1: Heterogeneous Crowds
2: Homogeneous Crowds
II: Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds
III: Criminal Juries
IV: Electoral Crowds
V: Parliamentary Assemblies
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