Gustave Le Bon

Gustave Le Bon (May 7, 1841–December 13, 1931) was a French social psychologist and sociologist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits and racial superiority.

Le Bon was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France, and died in Marnes-la-Coquette. He studied medicine and toured Europe, Asia and North Africa while writing on archaeology and anthropology before beginning to write his most famous works on psychology – most notably Les Lois psychologiques de l'évolution des peuples (1894; The Psychology of Peoples) and La psychologie des foules (1895; English translation The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, 1897).

External links

• Project Gutenberg e-texts of works by Gustave Le Bon
• Gustave Le Bon's works: Page on Gustave Le Bon with his works available in French and in English
• the complete English text to The Crowd (PDF)