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 otherwise)

• Les Lois Psychologiques de l'Évolution des Peuples, Paris: Félix Alcan, Éditeur, 1895, 186 pp.
  • The Psychology of Peoples, 1898. (English)

• La Psychologie des Foules, Paris: Félix Alcan, 1895; 9th edition, 1905, 192 pp.
  • The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, 1896. (English)
  • Psihologia mulţimilor, trans. Mariana Tabacu, Bucharest: Antet XX Press, s.a. (Romanian)

• Psychologie du Socialisme, 1896.
  • The Psychology of Socialism, 1899. (English)

• L'Évolution de la Matière, 1905.
  • The Evolution of Matter, 1907. (English)

• L'Évolution des Forces, 1907.
  • The Evolution of Forces, 1908. (English)

• La Révolution Française et la Psychologie des Révolutions, 1912.
  • The Psychology of Revolution, 1913. (English)

Links

• Le Bon, Gustave on Wikipedia
• Le bon on classiques
• Le Bon, Gustave on Gallica
• Le Bon on Archive