No. 18 · The Well-Read 30The CrowdGustave Le Bon1895
Science & psychology · 1895
The Crowd
Le Bon offers an influential and deeply controversial account of how individuals behave when absorbed into a crowd.
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Its weaknesses matter alongside its influence: the book shaped propaganda, mass-politics theory, and later arguments about collective behavior.
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