The era of crowds: Gustave Le Bon, crowd psychology, and conceptualizations of mass-elite relations in China

This paper analyzes the reception and appropriation of Gustave Le Bon’s Psychologie des foules (English title: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind) in China from the early twentieth century to this day. Written in 1895 and intended as a guide for statesmen on how to deal with crowds during an age...

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Main Author: Ohlberg, Mareike (Author)
Format: Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: The dynamics of transculturality
Year: 2015, Pages: 157-183
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-09740-4_8
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09740-4_8
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Author Notes:Mareike Ohlberg