Psychology of the Great War
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-53109-3 (ISBN)
To such questions, LeBon proposes answers built upon principles well articulated in the larger body of his work. He transforms the character of the debate by demonstrating how psychological principles explain more persuasively both the causes of German academic ignominy and the origins of French valor. Convinced as he was that only psychology could illuminate collective behavior, LeBon dismisses purely economic or political interpretations as ill-conceived and inadequate precisely because they fail to appreciate the role of psychology in the collective behavior of national statesmen, prominent scholars, and ordinary soldiers.
The Psychology of the Great War provides a bridge to study both crowd behavior and battlefield behavior by illustrating how ordinary people are transformed into savages by great events. This element in LeBon's thinking influenced Georges Sorel's thinking, as he had seen the same phenomenon in those who participated in general strikes and revolutions. And in a later period and different context, Hannah Arendt gave this strange capacity of the ordinary to be transformed into the extraordinary the name "banality of evil." The book will be of interest to social theorists, psychologists concerned with group behavior, and historians of the period.
Gustav Le Bon
I: Psychological Principles Necessary for The Interpretation of The Present Work; Introduction: Psychological Study of The War; I: The Affective, Collective, and Mystic Forces, and The Part They Play in The Life of Nations; II: The Variations of Personality; II: Germany’s Evolution in Modern Times; I: The Rise and Development of German Power; II: The State According to The Conceptions of The German Philosophers. Their Interpretation of History; III: The Economic Evolution of Germany; IV: The Modern German Mentality; III: The Remote Causes of The War; I: The Economic and Political Causes of The War; II: Race-Hatreds; III: Germany’s Aggressive Attitude—The Idea of Revanche; IV: The Part Played by Mystic Influences in The Genesis of The War. The Hegemony Ideal; IV: The Immediate Causes of The War; I: The Austrian Ultimatum and The Week of Diplomatic Conversations; II: England’s Original Antipathy to The War; III: Development of Feeling in England; IV: The Respective Parts Played by Germany, Austria, Russia, and France While The Diplomatic Conversations Were Proceeding; V: Influence of Popular Feeling Upon The Genesis of The War; VI: Part Played by The Wills of The Three Emperors; VII: Conclusion. Who Wanted The War?; VIII: Opinions Expressed in Germany and Various Other Countries as to The Causes of The War; V: Psychological Forces Involved in Battles; I: Changes in Methods of Warfare; II: Feelings Aroused by The War. Emergence of New Personalities; III: Military Courage: Its Genesis and Its Forms; IV: Consequences Due to Lack of Foresight and To Psychological Errors in The Genesis of Armed Encounters; V: Strategical Errors Resulting from Psychological Errors; VI: Psychological Elements in German Methods of Warfare; I: The Psychological Bases of The German Methods of Warfare; II: Application of The Principles Laid Down by The German General Staff. Incendiarism, Slaughter, and Pillage; III: Effects of German Methods of Warfare Upon Neutral Feeling; VII: Unknown Quantities in Warfare; I: Immediate Consequences of Modern Wars; II: Dubiousness in Accounts of Battles; III: Hypotheses Concerning The Battle of The Marne; IV: Peace Problems; Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-53109-X / 113853109X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-53109-3 / 9781138531093 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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