The true believer :thoughts on the nature of mass movements /Eric Hoffer.

Name/Title

The true believer :thoughts on the nature of mass movements /Eric Hoffer.

Description

pt. 1: The appeal of mass movements. The desire for change ; The desire for substitutes ; The interchangeability of mass movements -- pt. 2: The potential converts. The role of the undesirables in human affairs ; The poor ; Misfits ; The inordinately selfish ; The ambitious facing unlimited opportunities ; Minorities ; The bored ; The sinners -- pt. 3: United action and self-sacrifice. Factors promoting self-sacrifice ; Unifying agents -- pt. 4: Beginning and end. Men of words ; The fanatics ; The practical men of action ; Good and bad mass movements. 160 pages ;20 cm

Book Details

Author

Hoffer, Eric.

Place Published

City

New York

Publication Subjects

Social groups. Social psychology. Fanaticism. Fanaticism.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00920631 Social groups.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01122482 Social psychology.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01122816

Call No.

HM281 .H6 1989

LCCN

51001405

Notes

Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [1951] Publication Info: {copy}1951