Gustave Le Bon
Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, inventor, and amateur physicist. His writings incorporate theories of national traits, racial and male superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.
Books
(in French unless noted)
- Les Lois Psychologiques de l'Évolution des Peuples, Paris: Félix Alcan, Éditeur, 1895, 186 pp.
- The Psychology of Peoples, 1898. (in English)
- La Psychologie des Foules, 1895.
- The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, 1896. (in English)
Psychologie du Socialisme (1896); The Psychology of Socialism (1899) L'Évolution de la Matière (1905); The Evolution of Matter (1907) L'Évolution des Forces (1907); The Evolution of Forces (1908) La Révolution Française et la Psychologie des Révolutions (1912); The Psychology of Revolution (1913); The French Revolution and the Psychology of Revolution (1980). Enseignements Psychologiques de la Guerre Européenne (1915); The Psychology of the Great War (1916) Psychologie des Temps Nouveaux (1920); The World in Revolt (1921) Le Déséquilibre du Monde (1923); The World Unbalanced (1924)