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The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind
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I found this book enlightening, but frightening and immensely sad. There were a few times when I found it repetitious and boring, but overall, would recommend it to any thinking man (and of course woman)
The first part of the book is about crowds like mobs, and how people behave. I don't agree with everything but his central observation is that crowds are hypnotized by a leader and thus not as responsible for their actions.
The other part of the book that really caught my attention was the part about politics and the rise and fall of civilizations. He talks about how parliamentary systems of government are the best available but inevitably lead to decline. To finish, a quote to make you sad...
"To pass in pursuit of an ideal from the barbarous to the civilized state, and then when this ideal has lost its virtue, to decline and die, such is the cycle of the life of a people."
The first part of the book is about crowds like mobs, and how people behave. I don't agree with everything but his central observation is that crowds are hypnotized by a leader and thus not as responsible for their actions.
The other part of the book that really caught my attention was the part about politics and the rise and fall of civilizations. He talks about how parliamentary systems of government are the best available but inevitably lead to decline. To finish, a quote to make you sad...
"To pass in pursuit of an ideal from the barbarous to the civilized state, and then when this ideal has lost its virtue, to decline and die, such is the cycle of the life of a people."
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January 21, 2016
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