If you want to learn how people act in groups and why they act. 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. True Believer by Eric Hoffer is a book about the true nature of mass movements and groups. "Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly." -New YorkerA stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. Disponible ahora en - Hardcover - Harper & Brothers - 1951 - Condicin: Good - 1st Edition - Good - True first edition first printing (not. Print The True Believer - Thoughts on the Nature of Mass MovementsĪ part of Harper Perennial's special "Resistance Library" highlighting classic works that illuminate the "Age of Trump" A boldly packaged reissue of the classic examination of dangerous nationalist political movements.
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