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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Hoffer, Eric

Description: ?Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.? ?New Yorker The famous bestseller with ?concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement? (Wall St. Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman. 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. Called a ?brilliant and original inquiry? and ?a genuine contribution to our social thought? by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., this landmark in the field of social psychology is completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today as it delivers a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one. Eric Hoffer (1902 -- 1983) was self-educated. He worked in restaurants, as a migrant fieldworker, and as a gold prospector. After Pearl Harbor, he worked as a longshoreman in San Francisco for twenty-five years. The author of more than ten books, including The Passionate State of Mind, The Ordeal of Change, and The Temper of Our Time, Eric Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983.

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EAN: 9780060505912

UPC: 9780060505912

ISBN: 9780060505912

MPN: N/A

Edition: 2

Book Title: True Believer : Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Number of Pages: 192 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 0.4 in

Topic: Sociology / General, Violence in Society, Social Psychology, History, Sociology / Social Theory

Genre: Religion, Social Science, Psychology

Item Weight: 5.1 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Eric Hoffer

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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