Publisher | English |
ISBN 13 | 9781502836809 |
ISBN 10 | 1502836807 |
Language | English |
Book Description | Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". Despite its journalistic and rather sensational style, the book has gathered a body of academic support as a work of considerable importance in the history of social psychology and psychopathology. |
Number of Pages | 386 pages |
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds