WHAT IS MOB MENTALITY? - 8 Essential Books on Crowd Psychology
Exploring the Collective Mind: Unraveling Crowd Behavior in Classic LiteratureBy Charles Mackay, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Gerald Stanley Lee, Gustave Le Bon, William McDougall, Everett Dean Martin, Wilfred Trotter
Length108h 12m
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WHAT IS MOB MENTALITY? - 8 Essential Books on Crowd Psychology, offers a penetrating exploration into the complex dynamics of collective behavior and the psychological underpinnings of crowds. This anthology brings together a compendium of seminal writings from pivotal thinkers, capturing a wide array of literary styles from the philosophical profundities to empirical investigations. This collection traverses historical contexts and cultural paradigms, challenging readers to rethink the boundaries of individual and group psyche. Among the essays, readers will find thought-provoking analyses and profound insights into the emotional contagion and the intricate interplay of identity and influence within crowds. The anthology features the works of renowned authors such as Charles Mackay, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Gustave Le Bon, each contributing to the discourse from their distinct historical and cultural vantage points. These scholars, alongside Gerald Stanley Lee, William McDougall, Everett Dean Martin, and Wilfred Trotter, explore how mass movements shape history, echo societal fears, and reflect human nature. Drawing from diverse intellectual traditions, from Enlightenment ideals to modern psychological theories, the writings collectively illuminate the multifaceted dynamics of mob mentality, enriching our understanding of socio-psychological phenomena. Readers are invited to immerse themselves in this multifaceted dialogue, a rare opportunity to comprehend crowd psychology through varied lenses and epochs in one volume. Each contribution fosters critical reflection, making this anthology an invaluable resource not only for academics and students but also for anyone intrigued by the ever-relevant themes of collective identity and influence. Embark on this intellectual journey to appreciate the educational depth and breadth of perspectives that distinguish this collection.
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GenrePsychology, Literary Classics
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Table of contents
1Introduction
135Chapter III. The Machine Scare
2Foreword
136Chapter IV. The Strike—An Invention for Making Crowds Think
3Chapter I. Subject of the First Book
137Chapter V. The Crowd-Man—An Invention for Making Crowds See
4Chapter II. The First Societies
138Chapter VI. The Imagination of Crowds
5Chapter III. The Right of the Strongest
139Chapter VII. Imagination About the Unseen
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6Chapter IV. Slavery
140Chapter VIII. The Crowd's Imagination About the Future
7Chapter V. That We Must Always Go Back to a First Convention
141Chapter IX. The Crowd's Imagination About People
8Chapter VI. The Social Compact
142Chapter X. A Democratic Theory of Human Nature
9Chapter VII. The Sovereign
143Chapter XI. Doing as One Would Wish One Had Done in Twenty Years
10Chapter VIII. The Civil State
144Chapter XII. New Kinds and New Sizes of Men
11Chapter IX. Real Property
145Chapter I. Speaking as One of the Crowd
12Chapter I. That Sovereignty is Inalienable
146Chapter II. Is It Wrong for Good People to be Efficient?
13Chapter II. That Sovereignty is Indivisible
147Chapter III. Is It Wrong for Good People to be Interesting?
14Chapter III. Whether the General Will is Fallible
148Chapter IV. Prospects of the Liar
15Chapter IV. The Limits of the Sovereign Power
149Chapter V. Prospects of the Bully
16Chapter V. The Right of Life and Death
150Chapter VI. Goodness as a Crowd-Process
17Chapter VI. Law
151Chapter VII. Thoughts on Being Improved by Other People
18Chapter VII. The Legislator
152Chapter VIII. Making Goodness Hurry
19Chapter VIII. The People
153Chapter IX. Touching the Imagination of Crowds
20Chapter IX. The People (continued)
154Chapter X. The Stupendous, the Unusual, the Monotonous, and the Successful
21Chapter X. The People (continued)
155Chapter XI. The Successful
22Chapter XI. The Various Systems of Legislation
156Chapter XII. The Necks of the Wicked
23Chapter XII. The Division of the Laws
157Chapter XIII. Is It Wrong for Good People to be Successful?
24Chapter I. Government in General
158Chapter XIV. Is It Second Rate for Good People to be Successful?
25Chapter II. The Constituent Principle in the Various Forms of Government
159Chapter XV. The Successful Temperament
26Chapter III. The Division of Governments
160Chapter XVI. The Men Ahead Pull
27Chapter IV. Democracy
161Chapter XVII. The Crowds Push
28Chapter V. Aristocracy
162Chapter XVIII. The Man Who Says How, Says How
29Chapter VI. Monarchy
163Chapter XIX. And the Machine Starts
30Chapter VII. Mixed Governments
164Book Three. Letting the Crowd be Beautiful
31Chapter VIII. That All Forms of Government Do Not Suit All Countries
165Chapter I. Mr. Carnegie Speaks Up
32Chapter IX. The Marks of a Good Government
166Chapter II. Mr. Carnegie Tries to Make People Read
33Chapter X. The Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate
167Chapter III. Mr. Nobel Tries to Make People Write
34Chapter XI. The Death of the Body Politic
168Chapter IV. Paper Books, Marble Pillars, and Wooden Boys
35Chapter XII. How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself
169Chapter V. The Humdrum Factory and the Tumpty-tum Theatre
36Chapter XIII. The Same (continued)
170Chapter I. Steeples and Chimneys
37Chapter XIV. The Same (continued)
171Chapter II. Bells and Wheels
38Chapter XV. Deputies or Representatives
172Chapter III. Dew and Engines
39Chapter XVI. That the Institution of Government is Not a Contract
173Chapter IV. Dead as a Door Nail!
40Chapter XVII. The Institution of Government
174Chapter V. An Oxford Man and an Inch of Iron
41Chapter XVIII. How to Check the Usurpations of Government
175Chapter VI. The Machines' Machines
42Chapter I. That the General Will is Indestructible
176Chapter VII. The Men's Machines
43Chapter II. Voting
177Chapter VIII. The Basement of the World
44Chapter III. Elections
178Chapter IX. The Ground Floor Folks
45Chapter IV. The Roman Comitia
179Chapter X. The Machine-Trainers
46Chapter V. The Tribunate
180Chapter XI. Machines, Crowds, and Artists
47Chapter VI. The Dictatorship
181Chapter I. Now!
48Chapter VII. The Censorship
182Chapter II. Committees and Committees
49Chapter VIII. Civil Religion
183Chapter III. The Inconvenience of Being Human
50Chapter IX. Conclusion
184Chapter IV. Letting the Crowd Have People in It
51A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (pt. 1)
185Chapter I. The Socialist and the Hero
52A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (pt. 2)
186Chapter II. The Crowd and the Hero
53Appendix1
187Chapter III. The Crowd and the Average Person
54A Discourse on Political Economy
188Chapter IV. The Crowd and Pierpont Morgan
55Preface
189Chapter V. The Crowd and Tom Mann
56Introduction. The Era of Crowds
190Chapter VI. An Opening for the Next Pierpont Morgan
57Chapter I. General Characteristics of Crowds.—Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity.
191Chapter VII. An Opening for the Next Tom Mann
58Chapter II. The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds
192Chapter VIII. The Men Who Look
59Chapter III. The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds
193Chapter IX. Rules for Telling a Hero—When One Sees One
60Chapter IV. A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds
194Chapter X. Who is Afraid?
61Chapter I. Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
195Chapter XI. The Technique of Courage
62Chapter II. The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds
196Chapter XII. The Men Who Want Things
63Chapter III. The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion
197Chapter XIII. Men Who Get Things
64Chapter IV. Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds
198Chapter XIV. Sources of Courage for Others—Toleration
65Chapter I. The Classification of Crowds
199Chapter XV. Conversion
66Chapter II. Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds
200Chapter XVI. Exception
67Chapter III. Criminal Juries
201Chapter XVII. Invention
68Chapter IV. Electoral Crowds
202Chapter XVIII. The Man Who Pulls the World Together
69Chapter V. Parliamentary Assemblies
203Chapter XIX. The Man Who Stands By
70Introduction. The Revision of History
204Chapter XX. The Strike of the Saviours
71Part I. The Psychological Elements of Revolutionary Movements
205Chapter XXI. The League of the Men Who are Not Afraid
72Chapter I. Scientific and Political Revolutions
206Book Five. Good News and Hard Work
73Chapter II. Religious Revolutions
207Part One. News and Labour
74Chapter III. The Action of Governments in Revolutions
208Part Two. News and Money
75Chapter IV. The Part Played by the People in Revolutions
209Chapter I. Oxford Street and the House of Commons
76Chapter I. Individual Variations of Character in Time of Revolution
210Chapter II. Oxford Street Hums. The House Hems
77Chapter II. The Mystic Mentality and the Jacobin Mentality
211Chapter III. President Wilson and Moses
78Chapter III. The Revolutionary and Criminal Mentalities
212Chapter IV. The President Says Yes and No
79Chapter IV. The Psychology of Revolutionary Crowds
213Chapter V. The President Says "Look!"
80Chapter V. The Psychology of the Revolutionary Assemblies
214Chapter VI. The People Say "Who are You?"
81Part II. The French Revolution
215Chapter VII. The People Say "Who are We?"
82Chapter I. The Opinions of Historians Concerning the French Revolution
216Chapter VIII. News About Us to the President
83Chapter II. The Psychological Foundations of the Ancien Regime
217Chapter IX. News-Men
84Chapter III. Mental Anarchy at the Time of the Revolution and the Influence Attributed to the Philosophers
218Chapter X. American Temperament and Government
85Chapter IV. Psychological Illusions Respecting the French Revolution
219Chapter XI. News-Books
86Chapter I. The Psychology of the Constituent Assembly
220Chapter XII. News-Books II
87Chapter II. The Psychology of the Legislative Assembly
221Chapter XIII. News-Papers
88Chapter III. The Psychology of the Convention
222Chapter XIV. News-Machines
89Chapter IV. The Government of the Convention
223Chapter XV. News-Crowds
90Chapter V. Instances of Revolutionary Violence
224Chapter XVI. Crowd-Men
91Chapter VI. The Armies of the Revolution
225Epilogue
92Chapter VII. Psychology of the Leaders of the Revolution
226Preface
93Chapter I. The Last Convulsions of Anarchy—The Directory
227Chapter I. Introduction
94Chapter II. The Restoration of Order. The Consular Republic
228Chapter II. The Mental Life of the Crowd
95Chapter III. Political Consequences of the Conflict Between Traditions and Revolutionary Principles During the Last Century
229Chapter III. The Highly Organised Group
96Chapter I. The Progress of Democratic Beliefs Since the Revolution
230Chapter IV. The Group Spirit
97Chapter II. The Results of Democratic Evolution
231Chapter V. Peculiarities of Groups of Various Types
98Chapter III. The New Forms of Democratic Belief
232Chapter VI. Introductory
99Conclusions
233Chapter VII. The Mind of a Nation
100Preface
234Chapter VIII. Freedom of Communication as a Condition of National Life
101Preface to the Second Edition
235Chapter IX. The Part of Leaders in National Life
102I. Introduction
236Chapter X. Other Conditions of National Life
103II. Psychological Aspects of Instinct
237Chapter XI. The Will of the Nation84
104III. Biological Significance of Gregariousness
238Chapter XII. Ideas in National Life
105IV. Mental Characteristics of the Gregarious Animal
239Chapter XIII. Nations of the Higher Type
106Gregariousness and the Future of Man
240Chapter XIV. Introductory
107Man’s Place in Nature and Nature’s Place in Man
241Chapter XV. The Race-Making Period
108Comments on an Objective System of Human Psychology
242Chapter XVI. The Race-Making Period (continued)
109Some Principles of a Biological Psychology
243Chapter XVII. The Race-Making Period (continued)
110The Biology of Gregariousness
244Chapter XVIII. Racial Changes During the Historic Period
111Characters of the Gregarious Animal Displayed by Man
245Chapter XIX. The Progress of Nations in Their Youth
112Some Peculiarities of the Social Habit in Man
246Chapter XX. The Progress of Nations in Their Maturity
113Imperfections of the Social Habit in Man
247Preface
114Gregarious Species at War
248The Mississippi Scheme
115England Against Germany—Germany
249The South-Sea Bubble
116England Against Germany—England
250The Tulipomania
117Prejudice in Time of War
251The Alchymists (pt. 1)
118Psychological Anticipations
252The Alchymists (pt. 2)
119After the War
253The Alchymists (pt. 3)
120The Instability of Civilization
254Modern Prophecies
121Some Characters of a Rational Statecraft
255Fortune-Telling
122Foreword
256The Magnetisers
123I. The Crowd and the Social Problem of To-day
257Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard
124II. How Crowds are Formed
258The Crusades (pt. 1)
125III. The Crowd and the Unconscious
259The Crusades (pt. 2)
126IV. The Egoism of the Crowd-Mind
260The Witch Mania (pt. 1)
127V. The Crowd a Creature of Hate
261The Witch Mania (pt. 2)
128VI. The Absolutism of the Crowd-Mind
262The Slow Poisoners
129VII. The Psychology of Revolutionary Crowds
263Haunted Houses
130VIII. The Fruits of Revolution—New Crowd-Tyrannies for Old
264Popular Follies of Great Cities
131IX. Freedom and Government by Crowds
265Popular Admiration of Great Thieves
132X. Education as a Possible Cure for Crowd-Thinking
266Duels and Ordeals
133Chapter I. Where are We Going?
267Relics
134Chapter II. The Crowd Scare
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