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The true believer; thoughts on the nature of mass movements.
- Title
- The true believer; thoughts on the nature of mass movements.
- Author
- Hoffer, Eric.
- Publication
- New York, Harper and Row [1951]
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- Description
- xiii, 176 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- 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.
- Call Number
- SB (Hoffer, E. True believer)
- LCCN
- 51001405
- OCLC
- 2636401
- Author
- Hoffer, Eric.
- Title
- The true believer; thoughts on the nature of mass movements.
- Imprint
- New York, Harper and Row [1951]
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Research Call Number
- SB (Hoffer, E. True believer)