“[Eric Hoffer] is a student of extraordinary perception and insight. The range of his reading and research is vast, amazing. [*The True Believer* is] one of the most provocative books of our immediate day.”—*Christian Science Monitor*
The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (*Wall St. Journal*) by Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Eric Hoffer, *The True Believer* is a landmark in the field of social psychology, and even more relevant today than ever before in history. Called a “brilliant and original inquiry” and “a genuine contribution to our social thought” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., *The True Believer* is mandatory reading for anyone interested in the machinations by which an individual becomes a fanatic.
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### Review
"Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly...." -- *The New Yorker*
"One of the most provocative books of our immediate day." -- *Christian Science Monitor*
### From the Back Cover
A highly provocative, bestselling analysis of the fanatic -- the individual compelled to join a cause, any cause -- and a penetrating study of mass movements from early Christianity to modern nationalism and Communism.
Reporting on the true believer, Air Hoffer examines with Machiavellian detachment mass movements, from Christianity in its infancy to the national uprisings of our own day. His analysis of the psychology of mass movements is a brilliant and frightening study of the mind of the fanatic, the individual whose, personal failings lead him to join a cause, any cause, even at peril to life -- or yours.
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“[Eric Hoffer] is a student of extraordinary perception and insight. The range of his reading and research is vast, amazing. [*The True Believer* is] one of the most provocative books of our immediate day.”—*Christian Science Monitor*
The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (*Wall St. Journal*) by Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Eric Hoffer, *The True Believer* is a landmark in the field of social psychology, and even more relevant today than ever before in history. Called a “brilliant and original inquiry” and “a genuine contribution to our social thought” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., *The True Believer* is mandatory reading for anyone interested in the machinations by which an individual becomes a fanatic.
**
### Review
"Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly...." -- *The New Yorker*
"One of the most provocative books of our immediate day." -- *Christian Science Monitor*
### From the Back Cover
A highly provocative, bestselling analysis of the fanatic -- the individual compelled to join a cause, any cause -- and a penetrating study of mass movements from early Christianity to modern nationalism and Communism.
Reporting on the true believer, Air Hoffer examines with Machiavellian detachment mass movements, from Christianity in its infancy to the national uprisings of our own day. His analysis of the psychology of mass movements is a brilliant and frightening study of the mind of the fanatic, the individual whose, personal failings lead him to join a cause, any cause, even at peril to life -- or yours.