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Gustave Le Bon

  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    The substitution of the unconscious action of crowds for the conscious activity of individuals is one of the principal characteristics of the present age.
  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    To belong to a school is necessarily to espouse its prejudices and preconceived opinions.
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    Institutions and laws are the outward manifestation of our character, the expression of its needs. Being its outcome, institutions and laws cannot change this character.
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    , too, that behind the visible facts are hidden at times thousands of invisible causes
  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    age we are about to enter will in truth be the Era of Crowds.

    Написано в 1897 году. Весь двадцатый век был именно Эрой толп. Является ли двадцать первый век ещё более Эрой толп?
    Безусловно, да.
    Общественное мнение определяет судьбу отдельных личностей ещё до решения суда. В то же время само общественное мнение является следствием того, как подана информация. То есть, коммуникация становится инструментом управления, а чаще манипуляции, обществом.

  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    The dogmas whose birth we are witnessing will soon have the force of the old dogmas; that is to say, the tyrannical and sovereign force of being above discussion.
  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    Under certain given circumstances, and only under those circumstances, an agglomeration of men presents new characteristics very different from those of the individuals composing it. The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take one and the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting very clearly defined characteristics.
  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    It forms a single being, and is subjected to the Law of the Mental Unity of Crowds.
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    Taken separately, the men of the Convention were enlightened citizens of peaceful habits. United in a crowd, they did not hesitate to give their adhesion to the most savage proposals, to guillotine individuals most clearly innocent, and, contrary to their interests, to renounce their inviolability and to decimate themselves.
  • Heorhiihas quoted2 years ago
    All depends on the nature of the suggestion to which the crowd is exposed.
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