The Crowd. By Gustave Le Bon FULL Audiobook
"The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" is a book authored by Gustave Le Bon that was first published in 1895. The book is a study of crowd psychology and its impact on individuals. Le Bon claims that there are several characteristics of crowd psychology, including impulsiveness, irritability, incapacity to reason, the absence of judgement of the critical spirit, and the exaggeration of sentiments, among others . He also claims that "an individual immersed for some length of time in a crowd soon finds himself - either in consequence of magnetic influence given out by the crowd or from some other cause of which we are ignorant - in a special state, which much resembles the state of fascination in which the hypnotized individual finds himself in the hands of the hypnotizer" .

The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, Le Bon discusses the general characteristics of crowds and the psychological law of their mental unity. He also examines the sentiments and morality of crowds, as well as the ideas, reasoning power, and imagination of crowds. In the second part, he delves into the opinions and beliefs of crowds, including the remote and immediate factors of their opinions, the leaders of crowds and their means of persuasion, and the limitations of the variability of the beliefs and opinions of crowds. Finally, in the third part, Le Bon classifies and describes the different kinds of crowds, including criminal crowds, criminal juries, electoral crowds, and parliamentary assemblies .

Le Bon's work has been translated into about 20 languages since its publication in 1895 . The book has been influential in the fields of social psychology and political science, and it has been cited by many scholars in these fields . Le Bon's incorporation of Darwin and Haeckel into his thought on heredity and human nature has also been noted .

In summary, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" is a seminal work in the field of crowd psychology. Le Bon's examination of the unique psychology of crowds, and in particular his comparative analysis of the different psychological characteristics between individuals and crowds, has been influential in the fields of social psychology and political science. The book is divided into three parts, with each part examining different aspects of crowd psychology. The book has been translated into about 20 languages since its publication in 1895 and has been cited by many scholars in the field ..


00:00:00 Introduction
00:16:16 The Crowd. Book I: The Mind of Crowds
00:36:24 II: The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds
01:17:56 III: The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds
01:38:04 IV: A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds
01:48:48 Book II: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds. I: Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
02:23:59 II: The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds
02:48:27 III: The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion
03:26:42 IV: Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds
03:49:44 Book III: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds. I: The Classification of Crowds
03:57:55 II: Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds
04:07:03 III: Criminal Juries
04:19:58 IV: Electoral Crowds
04:38:21 V: Parliamentary Assemblies

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