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The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements
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The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements

Author: Eric Hoffer
Publisher: New York : Harper and Row, ©1951.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [1st ed.View all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hoffer, Eric.
True believer.
New York, Harper and Row [1951]
(OCoLC)570359196
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eric Hoffer
OCLC Number: 2636401
Description: 160 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1: The appeal of mass movements. The desire for change ; The desire for substitutes ; The interchangeability of mass movements --
Pt. 2: The potential converts. The role of the undesirables in human affairs ; The poor ; Misfits ; The inordinately selfish ; The ambitious facing unlimited opportunities ; Minorities ; The bored ; The sinners --
Pt. 3: United action and self-sacrifice. Factors promoting self-sacrifice ; Unifying agents --
Pt. 4: Beginning and end. Men of words ; The fanatics ; The practical men of action ; Good and bad mass movements.
Responsibility: Eric Hoffer.

Abstract:

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.--From publisher description.

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