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The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

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The True Believer

By: Eric Hoffer
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“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 Street 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.

©2011 Eric Hoffer (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Political Science Social Psychology & Interactions Society Dwight Eisenhower New York
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As relevant today as ever

Powerful book, one that needs revisiting and studying - one listen is not enough. Narration clear but flat - OK for on the go.

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Dull

It feels more like a list of notes in a bullet journal than a coherent book

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