ACS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Preconscious, Heredity, Unconscious Mind
22 Dec 2016
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The narrator of the notes: 40 years old, former low-ranking civil servant, inheritance. Basi(cid:272) thesis: hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s do (cid:374)ot seek their (cid:862)real ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage(cid:863) rooted i(cid:374) rationality and enlightenment. Humans not piano or organ keys (that operate according to the laws of nature) Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) histor(cid:455): filled (cid:449)ith (cid:271)loodthirst(cid:455) (cid:862)ge(cid:374)tle(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863), destru(cid:272)tio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d chaos. If they are enlightened, they will some how become moral. Gusta(cid:448) le bon, the cro(cid:449)d(cid:863) a tudy in the popular mind (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:895) Gustav le bon (1841-1931): french social psychologist. Wrote on anthropology, natural sciences, and social psychology. Emotion over intelligence as key to evolutionary progress. Conscious acts come out of the unconscious. The unconscious is defined by heredity while intelligence varies according to education. Crowd takes on new characteristics that differ from those of individuals composing it. Common features of the crowd: collective mind transforms individuals. Parallel to individual cells combining to constitute a living body: intellectual aptitude weakens. Explaining crowd behavior: high numbers and feeling of invincibility.
