Gabriel Tarde

Gabriel Tarde (1843 - 1904) French sociologist and social psychologist who conceived sociology as based on small psychological interactions among individuals (much as if it were chemistry), the fundamental forces being imitation and innovation.

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1843 - 1904 - French - Sociologist - Social psychologist - Psychological - Chemistry - Imitation - Innovation

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Among the concepts that Tarde initiated were the "group mind" (taken up and developed by Gustav Le Bon, and sometimes advanced to explain so-called herd behaviour or crowd psychology), and economic psychology, where he anticipated a number of modern developments.

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Gustav Le Bon - Herd behaviour - Crowd psychology - Economic psychology

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Everett Rogers furthered Tarde's "laws of imitation" in the 1962 book Diffusion of innovations.

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Everett Rogers - Diffusion of innovations

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