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- catalog abstract "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.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b1554929.
- catalog created "1951.".
- catalog date "1951".
- catalog date "1951.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1951.".
- catalog description "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.--From publisher description.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 176 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "True believer.".
- catalog isFormatOf "True believer.".
- catalog isPartOf "Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School bak".
- catalog isPartOf "Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School. bak".
- catalog issued "1951".
- catalog issued "1951.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harper and Row,".
- catalog relation "True believer.".
- catalog subject "Fanaticism.".
- catalog subject "HM281 .H6".
- catalog subject "Social groups.".
- catalog subject "Social movements.".
- catalog subject "Social psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements.".
- catalog type "text".