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. Book and Mortar Record Store The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements -- Eric Hoffer "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. Author: Eric Hoffer Publisher: Harper Perennial Published: 01/19/2010 Pages: 192 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.35lbs Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d ISBN: 9780060505912
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Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Artist: Hoffer, Eric
Album: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Pere
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
Topic: Sociology / General, General, Social Psychology
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology
Item Weight: 5.2 Oz
Author: Eric Hoffer
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
