Books like Psychologie des foules by Gustave Le Bon

Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" explains how two distinct mental systems shape our judgments and decisions, offering insights into the biases that influence everyday choices.

Why does the other line always move faster? examines how our expectations and social cues shape the experience of waiting, drawing on psychology, cultural practices, and real-world examples of queuing worldwide.

Nelle sue memorie Canetti scriverà, a proposito della massa: «È un enigma che mi ha perseguitato per tutta la parte migliore della mia vita e, seppure sono arrivato a qualcosa, l'enigma nondimeno è restato tale». Il «qualcosa» a cui qui si allude è Massa e potere: la sua lunghissima genesi – apparve dopo trentotto anni di elaborazione – fa capire quale immensa energia, concentrazione, furia si sia depositata nelle pagine di questo libro. Un libro che è un vasto mito costellato di tanti altri miti – spesso dissepolti con passione da libri dimenticati nell'oscurità delle biblioteche –, dove Canetti, con l'asciuttezza vibrante di un annalista cinese, riesce a saldare in un tutto l'immane storia che vive in ciascuno di noi, iscritta nei nostri gesti elementari.

Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority documents an experiment where participants, following orders from an experimenter, administer electric shocks to learners, revealing how ordinary people can comply with harmful commands.

This monumental work, complete here in one volume, undertakes to determine scientifically what distinctive personality traits characterize the phenomenon of prejudice. The authors' purpose is to discover the social psychological factors which have made it possible for the authoritarian type of man - a new concept of an "anthropological" species - to threaten the survival of the individualistic and democratic type prevalent in the past century and a half of our civilization. The book mobilizes the skills of the different branches of the social sciences in one common research program. Experts in the fields of social theory and depth psychology, depth analysis, clinical psychology, political sociology and projective testing have pooled their methods and resources. Working in the closest cooperation, they here present a detailed picture of the authoritarian type of man. By isolating the destructive germ of the authoritarian personality, the book lays a major foundation for long-range attack upon the anti-democratic forces in modern society. (from the back cover.)