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Gustave Le Bon, photographed by Agence Meurisse in 1929Agence Meurisse, 1929 · BnF · Public domain
French physician and writer on social psychology and history

Gustave Le Bon

French physician and writer on social psychology and history

Gustave Le Bon (1841–1931), French physician and writer on crowd psychology. Explore his biography, books in the Kinzy catalogue and purchase links.

FranceCountry
1841–1931Lived
Social psychology, history and civilizationsFields
Life and work

About Gustave Le Bon

Gustave Le Bon was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France, in 1841. A physician and writer on social psychology, he also published works on history and civilizations.

His best-known work, Psychologie des foules (The Crowd), was first published in French in 1895. It examines collective behaviour and the influence of emotions, beliefs and suggestion on crowds.

Le Bon also wrote about Eastern civilizations, publishing La Civilisation des Arabes (The Civilization of the Arabs) in 1884. He died in France in 1931. This page brings together the editions available in the Kinzy catalogue; each book page identifies its own translator.

Kinzy catalog

Books by Gustave Le Bon

3 editions
Selected bibliography

Works

Selected works

  1. The Crowd (Psychologie des foules) — first published in French in 1895
  2. The Civilization of the Arabs (La Civilisation des Arabes) — first published in French in 1884
  3. Life of Truths (حياة الحقائق) — Arabic edition in the Kinzy catalogue, translated by Adel Zuaiter