MultitudesModern history is the history of the crowd. But why are we so frightened of what happens when we come together? Philosophers, politicians, and psychologists pronounce that they are dangerous and need to be controlled. In contrast, Hancox argues that they are the harbinger of and a force for change, the bringer of joy and conviviality. In the 1870s, following the Paris Commune, Gustave Le Bon was the first to claim that the crowd was a dangerous animal