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 cmBook Details
Author
Hoffer, Eric.Publication Subjects
Social groups.
Social psychology.
Fanaticism.
Fanaticism.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00920631
Social groups.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01122482
Social psychology.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01122816Call No.
HM281 .H6 1989LCCN
51001405Notes
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [1951]
Publication Info: {copy}1951