The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Eric Hoffer

ISBN 10

0060505915

ISBN 13

9780060505912

Tags

Compulsive Behavior, Reference, Political, Violence in Society, Sociology, Politics & Government

Description

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 Amzon

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