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Re|reading Eric Hoffer's The True Believer


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 Revisited | Issue 34 - Philosophy Now

The main point Hoffer stresses in his book is that, for the 'true believer' (someone so committed to a cause that he or she is willing to ...

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

Throughout The True Believer, Hoffer views leaders as specifically male in the bygone fashion of seven decades ago, with masculine pronouns ...

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer wrote The True Believer in 1951, with World War II fresh in memory and other threats emerging around the world - and yet, his insights feel current ...

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 ...

Book Review: Mass Movements and "The True Believer" : r/TheMotte

Highly recommend "The True Believer," and Eric Hoffer more generally ... Not to pad out the word count, but because after reading Hoffer I always ...

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

In the same year, Eric Hoffer published The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, which also analyzed the attraction of ...

“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 ...

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

Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (1951). A Discussion with Jay Garfinkel. Eric Hoffer. Hosted by ...

Benjamin Ryan on X: "I'm re-reading Eric Hoffer's The True Believer ...

I'm re-reading Eric Hoffer's The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. This is the passage I always remember from college ...

Hoffer and the True Believers | The Russell Kirk Center

The True Believer is a book of philosophy that concentrates on the crisis of individuality and autonomy vis-à-vis mass society during the mid- ...

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 20th-century.

Eric Hoffer warned us about 'true believers' - CalMatters

True believers abound and they see others with differing views as an evil scourge that must be eradicated. The most obvious example occurred 13 ...

On Re-Reading Eric Hoffer's The True Believer

They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their ...

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 Summary of Key Ideas and Review | Eric Hoffer

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer explores the nature of mass movements and why certain people are drawn to them. He identifies the characteristics of true ...

Book Review: The True Believer – Thoughts on The Nature of Mass ...

... faith in ourselves” -Eric Hoffer, The True Believer (#). One ... You're reading Scott Berkun. All rights reserved unless otherwise noted.

'The True Believer': Eric Hoffer's classic from 1951 is essential ...

Hoffer, the “longshoreman philosopher,” was an intellectual giant; his observations on human nature are essential reading for all Americans. In ...

103. Review: The True Believer by Eric Hoffer - YouTube

In this episode, I explore Eric Hoffer's description of the various types of people that constitute the leaders and followers of mass ...