Psychologie des foules : Gustave Le Bon

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In a work published in 1895 and which was a real best-seller, Gustave Le Bon explains that the 'psychological crowds' are distinguished by the fact that they are endowed with a collective soul and that this soul is characterized by the fact of possessing specific characters.

More concretely, he maintains that man is different according to whether he is isolated or a member of a crowd, and that this splitting can only be understood by linking it to the phenomenon of the unconscious.

Finally, he adds that the relationship between the crowd and its leader strongly resembles that between the hypnotist and the hypnotized.