The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)
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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.
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The book has been around since 1951, and I could hardly add to the vast body of reviews. I was first introduced to it by a fellow grad student in 1964, and the current situation in the US prompted me to reread it. The copy I purchased most recently was the third copy I have bought in the past year to give to friends. If you are baffled by the rise of MAGA, this is the book to read.
