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Table of Contents
Titlepage
Imprint
Preface
Introduction
The Crowd
Book
I
: The Mind of Crowds
I
: General Characteristics of Crowds—Psychological Law of Their Mental Unity
II
: The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds
1: Impulsiveness, Mobility, and Irritability of Crowds
2: The Suggestibility and Credulity of Crowds
3: The Exaggeration and Ingenuousness of the Sentiments of Crowds
4: The Intolerance, Dictatorialness and Conservatism of Crowds
5: The Morality of Crowds
III
: The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds
1: The Ideas of Crowds
2: The Reasoning Power of Crowds
3: The Imagination of Crowds
IV
: A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of Crowds
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II
: The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
I
: Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds
1: Race
2: Traditions
3: Time
4: Political and Social Institutions
5: Instruction and Education
II
: The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds
1: Images, Words, and Formulas
2: Illusions
3: Experience
4: Reason
III
: The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion
1: The Leaders of Crowds
2: The Means of Action of the Leaders: Affirmation, Repetition, Contagion
3: Prestige
IV
: Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of Crowds
1: Fixed Beliefs
2: The Changeable Opinions of Crowds
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III
: The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds
I
: The Classification of Crowds
1: Heterogeneous Crowds
2: Homogeneous Crowds
II
: Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds
III
: Criminal Juries
IV
: Electoral Crowds
V
: Parliamentary Assemblies
Endnotes
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Landmarks
The Crowd
Endnotes