ABU DHABI – In 1896, the social psychologist Gustave Le Bon warned his contemporaries of the dangers of crowds, writing that, “It is necessary to arrive at a solution to the problems offered by [crowds’] psychology, or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them.” As spontaneous protest overtakes organized political movements across the Arab world, the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya’s nascent democracies should heed Le Bon’s warning.
阿布扎比—1896年，社会心理学家勒庞（Gustave Le Bon）警告他的同时代人大新群体的风险，他写道：“必须就来自（群体）心理的问题给出一个解决方案，要么我们就会被这些问题所毁灭。”随着阿拉伯世界自发形成的示威取代有组织的政治运动，刚刚诞生的民主突尼斯、埃及和利比亚领导人应该小心勒庞的警告。