RT Article T1 Masses, Leaders and Crisis. A Comparison between Four Theoretical Frameworks JF Philosophical journal of conflict and violence VO 3 IS 2 SP 171 OP 188 A1 Somaini, Pietro A1 Stucchi, Marco A2 Stucchi, Marco LA English YR 2019 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1906291349 AB In the 20th century the occurrence of revolutions, violent collective behaviours and dictatorships have shown the power of masses, raising many theoretical issues in sociology, philosophy and psychology. In this paper, we will focus on four accounts in order to clarify the relation between a mass of human individuals and the role of a leader. These explanations are developed respectively by Weber, Le Bon, Freud and Girard. Even if our work is theoretical, we will briefly mention theFrench Revolution as solid example for a better understanding of mass-leader relation. K1 Crisis K1 French Revolution K1 Girard K1 Gustave Le Bon K1 Leader K1 Mass K1 Max Weber K1 René K1 Sigmund Freud DO 10.22618/TP.PJCV.20204.1.201010