The True Believer

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” — New Yorker The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” ( Wall Street Journal ) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman. 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. 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.

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” — New Yorker The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” ( Wall Street Journal ) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman. 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. 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.

I "The True Believer" går Eric Hoffer i dybden med massebevægelsernes natur og bestanddele, samtidig med at analysere og forklare frontfigurernes motiver og personlighedstyper. Uanset om bevægelsen er politisk, religiøs eller revolutionær, så har følgerne af massebevægelserne tendens til at opføre sig ens og frontfigurerne tendens til at bruge ens skræmmeteknikker og retoriske greb. "The True Believer" er en bogklassiker inden for socialpsykologi, der er skrevet af den amerikanske social- og moralfilosof Eric Hoffer (1902-1983).

I "The True Believer" går Eric Hoffer i dybden med massebevægelsernes natur og bestanddele, samtidig med at analysere og forklare frontfigurernes motiver og personlighedstyper. Uanset om bevægelsen er politisk, religiøs eller revolutionær, så har følgerne af massebevægelserne tendens til at opføre sig ens og frontfigurerne tendens til at bruge ens skræmmeteknikker og retoriske greb. "The True Believer" er en bogklassiker inden for socialpsykologi, der er skrevet af den amerikanske social- og moralfilosof Eric Hoffer (1902-1983).