What is edouard lebon?

Edouard Lebon (1841-1932) was a French social psychologist and was one of the pioneers of the field of crowd psychology. He believed that individuals are less rational when they are in a group and that crowd behavior is more impulsive and irrational. He wrote several books on crowd psychology, including "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" (1895), which became a classic in the field. Lebon also contributed to the fields of hypnotism and suggestion, which he believed could be used to control and influence crowd behavior. His work has been criticized for being reductionist and lacking empirical evidence, but his ideas have influenced many psychologists and sociologists since his time.