In 1841, there was a French man named Gustav. Le Pen's little guy was born, although France overthrew the feudal monarchy after the July Revolution, but the society was still turbulent, with the attitude of healing and saving people, Le Pen decided to hang the pot, good or bad, this little guy successfully obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1866, only 25 years old at the time, really in the mood, throbbing heart made the guy want to see the world, so Europe, North Africa, Asia have left his hardworking sweat and footprints.
Perhaps tired, Le Pen returned to Paris four years later and began to practice medicine seriously, perhaps he was used to it, although the young man was a doctor, but all academic departments closed his doors, ruthlessly excluded from the formal scientific circle.
But the sense of responsibility in the underworld made Le Pen feel that if I just practiced medicine, I could not cure the diseases of society, and I had to diversify and develop, this idea and Lu Xun behind had a fight, and finally in 1895, after experiencing miscellaneous, East hammer and West stick research, "Rabble" came.
This is a work on group psychology written by Le Pen after observing the history of European revolutions and various patient histories, which is said to be highly respected by Roosevelt, Hitler, and Charles de Gaulle.
Today I will read the book "The Rabble" for everyone, read it in chapters, it is all about personal understanding, if there are similarities, pure heroic cherishing.
The first chapter of the first volume of the rabble mainly talks about what qualifies as a group, and the general characteristics and thinking of the group.
Let's explore the first question, what is a group? A scene, Wanda Plaza big bar, on the meticulously carved stone square, flowers and green people, some look at beautiful women, some look at mobile phones, some feed dog food, some think about life, is this called a group? I'm afraid not, because they don't have a common spiritual bond, no common emotional resonance, no individual consciousness fades, to put it bluntly, I am me, you are you, eight poles can't fight.
But to change the scene, the same square, a reading club, everyone exchange ideas with each other, discuss life together, this is called a group, yes, this is a group, because their feelings and thoughts have a common direction, which is the characteristics that individuals who want to form a group must show, then if this reading meeting is held online, the answer is the same group, although they did not gather together at this time, but when a small condition or a certain reason appeared again, they will quickly gather together, Meet the necessary conditions of the psychological group.
So sometimes five or six people can form a psychological group, but when the conditions are not available, thousands of people gather together, and they cannot form a group.
The second question is, what are the universal characteristics of groups?
Before talking about universal characteristics, let's talk about the relationship between groups and individuals, the study found that a psychological group shows surprising characteristics mainly as follows, no matter how many people in the group, regardless of their lifestyle, career choices, intelligence level, personality characteristics, as long as it becomes a group, the corresponding group psychology will produce group psychology, this group psychology and the psychology produced when the individual is alone is very different, that is, if it does not exist in a collective, Some feelings and thoughts will not happen to a person, or put into action, to put it bluntly, the group has a sense of support, the atmosphere is there, people who don't love will become so cute, people who don't want to commit crimes will also have the urge to commit crimes, a party that spreads dog food, so that singles you suddenly have love, hate, this is the power of group psychology.
Then we talk about the characteristics of most groups in general, the group essentially amplifies the subconscious of the individual, and the subconscious of the individual is subtly affected by race, tradition, era, etc., deeply engraved in the subconscious of the individual, when the individual you will consider yourself a master, is the forerunner of society, once the individual is put into the group, because of the subconscious amplification of the group, he will wear out the individual's intelligence, personality is also weakened.
People are very different in terms of intellectual level, but instincts and emotions are very similar, in morality, politics, love and hatred, everything that belongs to the emotional field, even outstanding capable people can not be much better than ordinary people, to sum up, if everyone in the group just concentrates the common qualities they have, then the fate of this group can only be mediocre.
On the other hand, how do the unnormalized characteristics that are unique to some groups and not possessed by individual individuals develop? To sum up, there are several reasons,
The first reason, in terms of quantity alone, the group will have an unstoppable power than the individual, which can help the group vent its instinctive desires, and if it is an independent individual, he does not dare to vent certain desires, to put it bluntly, the law does not blame the public, the group is an anonymous person, does not need to bear the same responsibility as the individual, with this idea, those who bind the individual dare not vent the sense of responsibility disappears, so when faced with a group, you don't think about making him submit by provocation.
The second reason is: the existence of contagion plays a decisive role in the characteristics of the group, in a group, every feeling and behavior is contagious, the degree of contagion is enough for everyone, can be ready at any time, for the benefit of the collective sacrifice of their own personal interests, if not because of the existence of the collective, the individual will not have such a tendency and ability, there are many examples in this regard, there are good and bad, why can MLM groups brainwash, It's because he keeps you in the same scene, and you're still with a group of people who have beaten chicken blood, and slowly you believe, in the same way, how to make a decadent person rise quickly, the best way is to put him into a motivated collective.
The third reason is that people in the group are more receptive to the group's cues, and this is because the second reason is the result of the group's mutual infection. The individual in the group will be brought into a state that makes him lose his independent sense of personality, and obeys the person who brought him into this state, and makes some actions that are very contradictory to his habits and personality, just as the group is a hypnotic master, and the object of hypnosis is the individual in the group. Under the hypnosis and suggestion of the group, the individual's impulse will be greater and will easily be put into action, and the individual cannot act against the consciousness of the group, at most it will only change course because of different hints. Just like in the movie "Inception" many years ago, Xiao Lizi also imagined a group consciousness in the hypnotized person's dream, and the smart thing is that in the dream, Xiao Lizi will not directly ask the hypnotized person what to do, but fictionalize a scene and bury a hint, so that the hypnotized person mistakenly thinks that this hint is his own decision, and it is really scary to think about it.
Well, let's summarize the first chapter, the group is not just a group of people, but also needs that the personal feelings and thoughts of this group of people will have the same bond as a connection, this spiritual bond may be a purposeful gathering, or it may be the pull of related interest events, this kind of purposeful people get together is called a group.
The characteristics of the group are: the strengthening of the subconscious personality of the individual, the weakening of the conscious personality, and the characteristics of most groups are mediocre and intellectual; Through the action of suggestion and mutual contagion, people's thoughts and feelings will develop in a common direction, and will immediately translate this suggestion and idea into action, whether or not this action is intended by the individual when thinking independently.
Well, today I will introduce you to the content of the first chapter of the first volume of "Rabble", interested friends please pay more attention, the subsequent chapters are being sorted, if you feel that my introduction is different from the original book, or have other understandings, please also leave a message in the comment area, we will interpret and discuss together.