@inbook{5ad6203587c742d5bb9f07bb9c9ae86c,
title = "Le Bon, Gustave",
abstract = "Gustave Le Bon (1841–1931) was a French physician and crowd psychologist who published extensively on themes such as crowds, war, race, revolution, socialism, and war. His work on crowd psychology in particular was highly influential, including beyond scholarly circles. Le Bon argued that crowds are barbarian, irrational, and suggestible, and constitute a threat to the civilized social order. Subsequent scholars have strongly contested Le Bon's ideas.",
keywords = "Crowds, Race, Crowds, Race",
author = "Christian Borch",
note = "Published online: 4. December 2017.",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1002/9781118430873.est0688",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781118430866",
series = "Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
editor = "Turner, {Bryan S.} and Chang Kyung-Sup and Epstein, {Cynthia F.} and Peter Kivisto and Ryan, { J. Michael} and William Outhwaite",
booktitle = "The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory",
address = "United States",
}