The psychology of peoples / Gustave Le Bon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bon, Gustave Le, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 236 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.

Summary:

This book discusses the psychology of people. Topics covered include modern ideas on social equality, psychological basis of history, the origin and development of the idea of equality, the consequences it has had, the price already paid for its application, its influence at the present day on the masses, the problems examined in the present work, an inquiry into the principal factors of the general evolution of peoples, whether this evolution is determined by institutions, the elements of each civilisation and whether they have not certain psychological foundations peculiar to each people, and the element of chance in history and its permanent laws. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Bk. 1. The psychological characteristics of races bk. 2. How the psychological characteristics of races are displayed in the various elements of their civilisations bk. 3. The history of peoples considered as a consequence of their character bk. 4. How the psychological characteristics of races are modified bk. 5. The dissociation of the character of races and their decadence.

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