The Psychology of Revolution

Gustave Le Bon, french social psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, inventor, and amateur physicist (1841-1931)

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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- BOOK I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF REVOLUTIONS

-04- CHAPTER I. SCIENTIFIC AND POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS

-05- CHAPTER II. RELIGIOUS REVOLUTIONS

-06- CHAPTER III. THE ACTION OF GOVERNMENTS IN REVOLUTIONS

-07- CHAPTER IV. THE PART PLAYED BY THE PEOPLE IN REVOLUTIONS

-08- BOOK II. THE FORMS OF MENTALITY PREVALENT DURING REVOLUTION

-09- CHAPTER I. INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS OF CHARACTER IN TIME OF REVOLUTION

-10- CHAPTER II. THE MYSTIC MENTALITY AND THE JACOBIN MENTALITY

-11- CHAPTER III. THE REVOLUTIONARY AND CRIMINAL MENTALITIES

-12- CHAPTER IV. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF REVOLUTIONARY CROWDS

-13- CHAPTER V. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLIES

-14- BOOK I. THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

-15- CHAPTER I. THE OPINIONS OF HISTORIANS CONCERNING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

-16- CHAPTER II. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE ANCIEN REGIME

-17- CHAPTER III. MENTAL ANARCHY AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION

-18- CHAPTER IV. PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSIONS RESPECTING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

-19- BOOK II. THE RATIONAL, AFFECTIVE, MYSTIC, AND COLLECTIVE INFLUENCES

-20- CHAPTER I. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

-21- CHAPTER II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

-22- CHAPTER III. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CONVENTION

-23- CHAPTER IV. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CONVENTION

-24- CHAPTER V. INSTANCES OF REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE

-25- CHAPTER VI. THE ARMIES OF THE REVOLUTION

-26- CHAPTER VII. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTION

-27- BOOK III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ANCESTRAL INFLUENCES AND REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES

-28- CHAPTER I. THE LAST CONVULSIONS OF ANARCHY, THE DIRECTORY

-29- CHAPTER II. THE RESTORATION OF ORDER. THE CONSULAR REPUBLIC

-30- CHAPTER III. POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES

-31- PART III. THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES

-32- CHAPTER I. THE PROGRESS OF DEMOCRATIC BELIEFS SINCE THE REVOLUTION

-33- CHAPTER II. THE RESULTS OF DEMOCRATIC EVOLUTION

-34- CHAPTER III. THE NEW FORMS OF DEMOCRATIC BELIEF

-35- CONCLUSIONS