Opinions and beliefs

A brief about the book: What you believe in of opinions and convictions is what shapes your life, whether happy or miserable, and it also determines your ultimate fate! Lobon discusses the relationship between humans and their beliefs and opinions, a relationship that is highly sensitive and influential on the course of the individual, starting with general definitions that distinguish between opinion and conviction, and their relation to knowledge, as well as exploring the mechanisms of forming opinions and beliefs and being influenced by them, psychologically and practically. Lobon asks: What motivates us regarding what we believe? What is the role of instinct in that? What causes conflict due to differing opinions? How can consensus be established among the factions of belief? How is public opinion formed and spread? Reviewing methods of promotion and their role, in addition to many discussions that make the book an essential reference for every student and researcher in politics, society, and history. Today, we may be in urgent need to explore the thoughts of this exceptional writer, especially at a time when disagreements over opinions have torn apart countries and peoples, and we have become divided within the same house, not just the society. Dar Al-Rafidain Publishing. Author: Gustave Le Bon. Year of publication: 2020.