false 15916 10 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. <i>The True Believer</i> -- 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, <i>The True Believer</i> is a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one. 17715 book 1951 The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics) total:342|5:154|4:121|3:59|2:7|1:1| 342 1446 569 69 5 3 false false Mon Dec 08 12:38:59 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 12:48:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Mar 12 02:49:24 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 05:30:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 04 00:34:37 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 00:45:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 03:49:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 04:08:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 22 07:45:16 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 07:45:45 -0700 2009

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Aphoristic, harsh, beautifully articulated.

It's about how giant seas of people congeal to hate or be fascinated by a certain object, person, ideology.

A guidebook, even, if you were so cynical enough to want to start a cult.

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But really, what I found most fascinating about this book was that despite the fact that it was written more than 50 years ago, there were so many obvious parallels to things that are going on today.
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