Psychology of peoples and masses
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The classical work of the French psychologist G. Lebon “Psychology of Peoples and Masses” is devoted to the study of the psychology of large social groups. It was Lebon who first formulated the laws of behavior of an organized crowd. He wrote that people in the crowd have new qualities that they still have not possessed. The individual in this case “acquires the consciousness of an irresistible force, and this consciousness allows him to succumb to such instincts that he never gives will when he is alone.” Lebon explains this by the fact that, firstly, “the crowd is anonymous and therefore is not responsible. A sense of responsibility, always restraining individual individuals, completely disappears in the crowd. ” Secondly, in the crowd, “every feeling, every action is contagious, and moreover to such an extent that the individual very easily sacrifices his personal interests to the interest of the collective.” The third feature of the individual in the crowd, according to the author’s observations, is that “he becomes susceptible to suggestion, an automatic, which does not have his own will.”
For psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, as well as all those interested in the laws of public consciousness
For psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, as well as all those interested in the laws of public consciousness
Author:
Author:Lebon Gustav
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Psychology
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: Psychological technologies
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-8291-3844-8
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