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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
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Product 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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #100228 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-22
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
Christian Science Monitor
"One of the most provocative books of our immediate day."
The New Yorker
"Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly...."
About the Author
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.
