《乌合之众·第二编·群体的意见与信念·群体的领袖及其说服手段》第10节
For individuals to succumb to contagion their simultaneous presence on the same spot is not indispensable. The action of contagion may be felt from a distance under the influence of events which give all minds an individual trend and the characteristics peculiar to crowds. This is especially the case when men's minds have been prepared to undergo the influence in question by those remote factors of which I have made a study above. An example in point is the revolutionary movement of 1848, which, after breaking out in Paris, spread rapidly over a great part of Europe and shook a number of thrones. Imitation, to which so much influence is attributed in social phenomena, is in reality a mere effect of contagion. Having shown its influence elsewhere, I shall confine myself to reproducing what I said on the subject fifteen years ago. My remarks have since been developed by other writers in recent publications.
注释摘要
这一段勒庞想证明的核心命题是：传染病式的心理感染不需要身体的共处一室，相隔千里的人同样可以被同一种情绪或信念裹挟。他把传染理解为一种由事件触发、跨越地理空间的集体心理同调，并举1848年革命为例：巴黎爆发后迅速波及欧洲大部分地区，一路推翻或动摇多个王座。在勒庞看来，这不是各国人民各自理性权衡后做出的相似决定，而是一种情绪的连锁反应。他还特意指出，社会学分析…