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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Gelesen von Oxenhandler

(4,297 Sterne; 37 Bewertungen)

"Civilisations as yet have only been created and directed by a small intellectual aristocracy, never by crowds. Crowds are only powerful for destruction. Their rule is always tantamount to a barbarian phase. A civilisation involves fixed rules, discipline, a passing from the instinctive to the rational state, forethought for the future, an elevated degree of culture — all of them conditions that crowds, left to themselves, have invariably shown themselves incapable of realising. In consequence of the purely destructive nature of their power crowds act like those microbes which hasten the dissolution of enfeebled or dead bodies. When the structure of a civilisation is rotten, it is always the masses that bring about its downfall." - Gustave Le Bon, from Introduction (5 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Preface, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

8:32

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Introduction, The Era of Crowds

16:04

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General Characteristics of Crowds— Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity

20:25

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The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds

44:45

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The Ideas, Reasoning Power and Imagination of Crowds

20:18

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A Religious Shape Assumed by all the Convictions of Crowds

11:12

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Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds

41:15

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The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds

27:47

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The Leaders of Crowds and their Means of Persuasion

42:35

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Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds

23:59

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The Classification of Crowds

7:46

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Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds

9:12

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Criminal Juries

16:00

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Electoral Crowds

19:22

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Parliamentary Assemblies

42:52

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Bewertungen

Reader has good potential, but...

(3 Sterne)

He needs to slow down, and learn to read with good phrasing, rhythm, inflection and cadence. Comes across as a novice reading here. Honestly though, I feel this reader has really great potential. Keep improving.

Extraordinary book, less-than-extraordinary reader.

(4 Sterne)

The book is brilliant and depressing; the reader sounds like an executioner.

(5 Sterne)

Oxenhandler did an excellent job of reading this controversial but relevant text.

Very outdated perspective and practices, still used today🙄😬🤔

(3 Sterne)