The Psychology of Revolution
Audio only

The Psychology of Revolution

By Gustave Le Bon
Michael Caine
Listen with Sir Michael Caine™ and 1,000+ voices
Length9h

About this audiobook

As reflected in Gustave Le Bon´s masterpiece "The Psychology of Revolution," the author disparaged the Revolution and the revolutionary legacy because he distrusted the common person, particularly when making collective decisions. His analysis of revolutionary crowds pictured them as primitive animals devoid of good decision–making abilities who had to be reigned in by a "strong man" or dictatorial figure. Le Bon who grew up in France during the revolutionary wave that was pravelent in Europe in the mid 19th century uses in this book the French Revolution as his study case. Gustave Le Bon was a French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 3.9 (1.1K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenrePsychology, History, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 31, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction: The Revision Of History
2PART 1. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS
3BOOK 1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF REVOLUTIONS
4Chapter 1. Scientific And Political Revolutions
5Chapter 2. Religious Revolutions
Show all chapters
6Chapter 3. The Action Of Governments In Revolutions
7Chapter 4. The Part Played By The People In Revolutions
8BOOK 2. THE FORMS OF MENTALITY PREVALENT DURING REVOLUTION
9Chapter 1. Individual Variations Of Character In Time Of Revolution
10Chapter 2. The Mystic Mentality And The Jacobin Mentality
11Chapter 3. The Revolutionary And Criminal Mentalities
12Chapter 4. The Psychology OF Revolutionary Crowds
13Chapter 5. The Psychology Of The Revolutionary Assemblies
14PART 2. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
15BOOK 1. THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
16Chapter 1. The Opinions Of Historians Concerning The French Revolution
17Chapter 2. The Psychological Foundations Of The Ancien Regime
18Chapter 3. Mental Anarchy At The Time Of The Revolution And The Influence Attributed To The Philosophers
19Chapter 4. Psychological Illusions Respecting The French Revolution
20BOOK 2. THE RATIONAL, AFFECTIVE, MYSTIC, AND COLLECTIVE INFLUENCES ACTIVE DURING THE REVOLUTION
21Chapter 1. The Psychology Of The Constituent Assembly
22Chapter 2. The Psychology Of The Legislative Assembly
23Chapter 3. The Psychology Of The Convention
24Chapter 4. The Government Of The Convention
25Chapter 5. Instances Of Revolutionary Violence
26Chapter 6. The Armies Of The Revolution
27Chapter 7. Psychology Of The Leaders Of The Revolution
28BOOK 3. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ANCESTRAL INFLUENCES AND REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES
29Chapter 1. The Last Convulsions Of Anarchy—The Directory
30Chapter 2. The Restoration Of Order. The Consular Republic
31Chapter 3. Political Consequences Of The Conflict Between Traditions And Revolutionary Principles During The Last Century
32PART 3. THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES
33Chapter 1. The Progress Of Democratic Beliefs Since The Revolution
34Chapter 2. The Results Of Democratic Evolution
35Chapter 3. The New Forms Of Democratic Belief
36Conclusions

More from Gustave Le Bon

What to Make of a Life
What to Make of a LifeJim Collins13h 31m4.4 (793)$33 · $0.00
Hour of the Heart
Hour of the HeartIrvin D. Yalom, Benjamin Yalom8h 19m4.6 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
Braving the Truth
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
Level Up
Level UpRob Dial7h 42m4.6 (3.3K)$26 · $0.00
As a Jew
As a JewSarah Hurwitz8h 36m4.6 (1.2K)$26 · $0.00
Burn the Haystack
Burn the HaystackJennie Young, PhD9h 30m4.6 (543)$29 · $0.00
Woman and the New Race (Annotated)
Woman and the New Race (Annotated)Margaret Sanger6h 30m4.6 (1K)$1.99 · $0.00
Good Inside
Good InsideBecky Kennedy9h 55m4.5 (59.3K)$29 · $0.00
Du Bois: Essays
Du Bois: EssaysW.E.B. Du Bois6h 22m4.6 (1.5K)$1 · $0.00
The North American Indian (Illustrated Edition)
The North American Indian (Illustrated Edition)Edward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge5h 59m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Valley of the Birdtail
Valley of the BirdtailAndrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson10h 1m4.6 (2.4K)$29 · $0.00
Lies My Therapist Told Me
Lies My Therapist Told MeGreg E. Gifford9h 3m4.6 (503)$29 · $0.00
Disturbed in Their Nests
Disturbed in Their NestsAlephonsion Deng, Judy A. Bernstein11h 22m4.6 (595)$23 · $0.00
No Name in the Street
No Name in the StreetJames Baldwin5h4.5 (8.5K)$20 · $0.00
Magic Season
Magic SeasonWade Rouse6h 41m4.6 (855)$24 · $0.00
Consent Laid Bare
Consent Laid BareChanel Contos7h 11m4.5 (1.7K)$24 · $0.00
The Big Reveal
The Big RevealSasha Velour6h 15m4.5 (2.1K)$24 · $0.00
Pastoral Song
Pastoral SongJames Rebanks8h 35m4.5 (12K)$26 · $0.00
Sitting Pretty
Sitting PrettyRebekah Taussig7h 33m4.5 (18.9K)$26 · $0.00
Wholehearted Faith
Wholehearted FaithRachel Held Evans, Jeff Chu5h 45m4.5 (10.2K)$24 · $0.00
A Brief History of Intelligence
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
Ghosts of Hiroshima
Ghosts of HiroshimaCharles Pellegrino8h 59m4.5 (877)$23
The Daughter of Auschwitz
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
Lily's Promise
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death Cults
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Across the River
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
Beyond
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m4.6 (3.2K)$33 · $0.00
Kings and Pawns
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
No Escape
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure Novel
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m4.6 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
Fall and Rise
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m4.6 (9.8K)$40 · $0.00
The Survivor
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m4.6 (2.5K)$29 · $0.00
Always Faithful
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 (Annotated)
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 (Annotated)Alexis de Tocqueville17h 25m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
All the Gallant Men
All the Gallant MenDonald Stratton, Ken Gire5h 55m4.6 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Medgar and Myrlie
Medgar and MyrlieJoy-Ann Reid10h 52m4.5 (27.8K)$29 · $0.00
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Annotated)
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Annotated)Thucydides24h 3m4.6 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Where the Birds Never Sing
Where the Birds Never SingJack Sacco10h 31m4.6 (3.8K)$29 · $0.00
Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS Soldier
Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS SoldierJamie Pennell5h 51m4.6 (452)$24 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death Cults
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
Rigged
RiggedMollie Hemingway12h 48m4.6 (4.2K)$23 · $0.00
Sledgehammer
SledgehammerDavid Friedman8h 21m4.7 (589)$26 · $0.00
Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)
Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)Theodore Roosevelt2h 44m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
No Escape
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Always Faithful
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
Unthinkable
UnthinkableJamie Raskin15h 8m4.5 (9.3K)$8 · $0.00
My Fourth Time, We Drowned
My Fourth Time, We DrownedSally Hayden13h 59m4.6 (2.9K)$23 · $0.00
A Revolution of Common Sense
A Revolution of Common SenseScott Jennings9h 29m4.6 (528)$29 · $0.00
Statement From the Dock at the Rivonia Trial
Statement From the Dock at the Rivonia TrialNelson Mandela2h 18m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
Lessons from the Edge
Lessons from the EdgeMarie Yovanovitch17h 11m4.5 (5.9K)$40 · $0.00
To Rescue the American Spirit
To Rescue the American SpiritBret Baier10h 12m4.5 (2.7K)$8 · $0.00
Stonewalled
StonewalledSharyl Attkisson15h 19m4.5 (4.3K)$33 · $0.00
The World According to Orwell: 1984 & Animal Farm
The World According to Orwell: 1984 & Animal FarmGeorge Orwell15h 42m4.6 (1.1K)$1 · $0.00
Basic Economics
Basic EconomicsThomas Sowell18h 32m4.5 (29.3K)$28 · $0.00
To Rescue the Republic
To Rescue the RepublicBret Baier, Catherine Whitney11h 42m4.5 (8.6K)$29 · $0.00
Modern Warriors
Modern WarriorsPete Hegseth7h 10m4.5 (4.7K)$24 · $0.00
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Annotated)
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Annotated)Marcus Mosiah Garvey4h 42m4.5 (1.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
A Plague Upon Our House
A Plague Upon Our HouseScott W. Atlas MD10h 37m4.5 (3.4K)$20 · $0.00

You may also like

The Mob Mentality
The Mob MentalityGustave Le Bon16h 48m3.9 (34.1K)$1 · $0.00
Off with Her Head
Off with Her HeadEleanor Herman10h 58m4.0 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting ManG. K. Chesterton10h 27m4.4 (15.3K)$2.30 · $0.00
The Religion of the Samurai
The Religion of the SamuraiKaiten Nukariya7h 36m4.1 (733)$1.20 · $0.00
History of the Conquest of Peru (Annotated)
History of the Conquest of Peru (Annotated)William Hickling Prescott28h 34m4.0 (424)$0.99 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Plato (Annotated)
The Complete Works of Plato (Annotated)Plato141h 48m4.5 (3.1K)$2 · $0.00
The History of Rome (Vol. 1-4)
The History of Rome (Vol. 1-4)Livy102h 18m4.1 (10.2K)$1 · $0.00
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Domination and the Arts of ResistanceJames C. Scott10h 44m4.2 (819)$25
Leviathan
LeviathanThomas Hobbes22h4.0 (64.5K)$12 · $0.00
A History of Freedom of Thought
A History of Freedom of ThoughtJ. B. Bury5h 52m4.0 (789)$1 · $0.00
The Color of Christ
The Color of ChristEdward J. Blum, Paul Harvey12h 24m4.1 (699)$20 · $0.00
Leviathan
LeviathanThomas Hobbes23h3.9 (68.7K)$2.30
India: What can it teach us? (Annotated)
India: What can it teach us? (Annotated)F. Max Müller7h 40m4.0 (1.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other PlaysLady Gregory, W. B. Yeats3h 18m3.5 (18)$1 · $0.00
The Viennese Secession
The Viennese SecessionVictoria Charles, Klaus Carl4h 1m3.4 (18)$15 · $0.00
Phases of Irish History
Phases of Irish HistoryEoin Mac Neill8h 15m4.1 (59)$1 · $0.00
The Russian Opera
The Russian OperaRosa Newmarch10h 9m$1 · $0.00
Religion in the Heavens; Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures
Religion in the Heavens; Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of LecturesLogan Mitchell8h 33m$2 · $0.00
Expressionism
ExpressionismAshley Bassie5h 35m3.8 (68)$15 · $0.00
Essays and Soliloquies
Essays and SoliloquiesMiguel Unamuno7h 6m4.2 (147)$2.30