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The True Believer - Wikipedia

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements is a non-fiction book authored by the American social philosopher Eric Hoffer.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer was an American social writer and philosopher. He produced ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983 by President ...

The True Believer - Eric Hoffer - Harper Academic

The True Believer is an insightful study of how an individual becomes a fanatic. Written by a self-educated San Francisco dockworker who produced philosophical ...

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

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 ...

Hoffer and the True Believers | The Russell Kirk Center

Hoffer was well aware of the social-political program of cultural Marxism after World War II. He understood that the fanaticism of true ...

The True Believer Revisited | Issue 34 - Philosophy Now

The work, entitled The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements was written by Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), a very unconventional man ...

The True Believer - HarperCollins Publishers

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. By Eric Hoffer, On Sale: January 19, 2010.

Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass ...

It delivers a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one. When it ...

Eric Hoffer warned us about 'true believers' - CalMatters

The "true believers" that philosopher Eric Hoffer defined seven decades ago threaten to undermine civic and political life.

Re-reading Eric Hoffer's The True Believer (1951) - David Ronfeldt

This book concerns itself chiefly with the active, revivalist phase of mass movements. This phase is dominated by the true believer — the man of ...

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Written in 1951, Hoffer's arguments and insights easily apply to life today. Hoffer tackles both religious and political movements. This book was written long ...

An Analysis of Eric Hoffer's The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature

Eric Hoffer's The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements is one of the most widely read works of social psychology written in the ...

Eric Hoffer's 'The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass ...

Hoffer's book analyzes the attraction of extremist beliefs of whatever variety that took on the nature of a mass movement and attracted ...

What I'm Reading: The True Believer, Eric Hoffer | Stories

There are more than a few time-tested sentences in The True Believer, and many of them provide salient warnings about the menace of mass movements.

“The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer | 1 Min Review #books - YouTube

Book recommendation: “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer. “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer is a great book for understanding the pull of ...

The True Believer, Eric Hoffer, and the Contemporary Left

Originally published in 1951, The True Believer is mainly concerned with fanaticism. Like most Cold War authors writing in this genre, Hoffer ...

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

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 Quotes by Eric Hoffer - Goodreads

The True Believer Quotes ... Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a ...

The True Believer Summary (and Quotes) by Eric Hoffer

The book looks at the nature of mass movements: why they start, how they grow and how they end. It points out that mass movements grow out of frustration and ...

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. Hoffer, Eric. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First edition. xiii, [ ...