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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2026 · 12 MIN

Gustave Le Bon: The Psychology of Crowds

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In this video we provide a summary of the French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon's classic and highly influential work The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. In this work Le Bon investigates the nature of crowd psychology. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - http://amzn.to/1TGAfjO (affiliate link) Visit http://www.academyofideas.com for more videos, video transcripts and more! Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2013/07/the-nature-of-crowds/ =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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