02976cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000320012624500680015826400510022630000470027733600260032433700260035033800360037650000310041250801250044352017900056853400580235865300160241665300220243265300570245485600530251185600430256499900190260775725UtSlPG20260610134743.0mcr n260607r20251912utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a12016574  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aDC1 aLe Bon, Gustave,d1841-193113aLa Révolution Française et la psychologie des révolutions 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-03-26  aLaurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)  a"La Révolution Française et la psychologie des révolutions" by Gustave Le Bon is a historical and philosophical study written in the early 20th century. The book analyzes the nature of revolutions, focusing particularly on the French Revolution, through the lens of modern psychology. Its central topic is the exploration of how psychological factors—especially collective beliefs and unconscious mental mechanisms—shape the origins, development, and outcomes of revolutionary movements. Le Bon aims to challenge traditional rational explanations, emphasizing the profound influence of crowd psychology, ancestral instincts, and the power of belief over rational thought.  The opening of the book begins with an introduction that reflects on the ongoing revision of historical knowledge and the uncertain understanding even among those who lived through revolutionary periods like the French Revolution. Le Bon asserts that many pivotal historical events remain misunderstood because previous interpretations neglected the psychological underpinnings driving human behavior. He reviews his earlier works on the psychology of peoples, crowds, and beliefs, then sets out his argument: revolutions, whether scientific, religious, or political, are largely dictated by non-rational forces such as emotion, mass contagion, and mysticism. The text offers detailed early comparisons between scientific and political/religious revolutions, illustrating how belief and passion override logic, and uses the history of the Reformation and the French Revolution as key examples. The opening sections present Le Bon’s thesis that true understanding of revolutions requires placing collective psychology at the center of historical analysis. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cParis: Ernest Flammarion, 1912  aRevolutions  aSocial psychology  aFrance -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes4 uhttps://archive.org/details/larvolutionfra00lebo40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75725  c116450d116450