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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

by Eric Hoffer
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About this book

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer -- the first and most famous of his books -- was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.Completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today, The True Believer is a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780060505912
ISBN10 0060505915
Series/Work OL927028W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

blind faith communism Contestation extremism Fanaticism Fanaticism. Fanatisme fascism fundamentalism Long Now Manual for Civilization Massenbewegung mass movements Psychologie sociale radical reactionary Social groups Social groups. Social movements Social participation Social participation.

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