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Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War

Wilfred Trotter

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. . .es of actual association, but also in his behaviour as an individual, however isolated. The conclusions were arrived at that man’s suggestibility is not the abnormal casual phenomenon it is often supposed to be, but a normal instinct present in every individual, and that the apparent inconstancy of its action is due to the common failure to recognize the extent of the field over which suggestion acts; that the only medium in which man’s mind can function satisfactorily is the herd, which therefore is not only the source of his opinions, his credulities, his disbeliefs, and his weaknesses, but of his altruism, his charity, his enthusiasms, and his power.

The subject of the psychological effects of herd instinct is so wide that the discussion of it in the former essay covered only a comparatively small part of the field, and that in a very cursory way. Such as it was, however, it cannot be further amplified here, where an attempt will rather be m. . . Read More

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4.00
- John - Sep 19, 2023

present day views have minimized the role instincts play in human behavior -- we falsely view man as being "above them," or able to control/minimize their effects

trotter argues our resistance to insticnt is a result of them clashing with society's morals/values -- this is a natural conflict given h

2.00
- Tim - Jun 08, 2021

All based on deduction, no empirical evidence.

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- Adam - Apr 19, 2021

Has some interesting ideas, but the core assertion is that no society to date has figured out how to effectively raise the “collective consciousness” of its citizens out of the passive & reflexive herd mentality that tends to segregate people by class lines, and into a mode of sustained intellectual

4.00
- AttackGirl - Sep 02, 2020

Where is my review?

3.00
- Guy Versailles - Jul 12, 2020

The herd in war and peace

Interesting, probably outdated as far as social psychology goes, but useful to the study of the major ideas that were circulating in the early XXth century.

2.00
- Xenophon - Nov 10, 2017

I read Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War by Wilfred Trotter because it was heavily referenced in Crystalizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays. Instincts of the Herd isn't a report of scientific evidence based on controlled experiments. Rather, it is an essay of speculative deductions based on

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