A Le Bon, Gustave 1841-1931 creator Balla, Antal 1886-1953 text utu 2023 monographic hu 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A tömegek lélektana" by Gustave Le Bon is a book published in 1895. Le Bon argues that individuals in crowds undergo psychological transformation, losing their capacity for reason and becoming impulsive and suggestible. He examines how crowds develop distinct characteristics including heightened emotion, diminished judgment, and susceptibility to persuasion by leaders. The work explores crowd behavior across various contexts—from criminal mobs to electoral assemblies—and discusses the influence of heredity, national character, and ideology on collective psychology. This influential study shaped later thinkers including Freud and notoriously influenced political movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crowd:_A_Study_of_the_Popular_Mind Release date is 2023-12-28 Albert László from page images generously made available by the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Originally published: Budapest: Franklin-Társulat, 1913 Crowds HM Budapest: Franklin-Társulat, 1913 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72527 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72527 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134657.0 72527