The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements

The true believer Thoughts on the nature of mass movements

Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983

Book - 1951

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Subjects
Social groups.
Social psychology.
Fanaticism.
Published
New York : Harper [1951].
Language
English
Main Author
Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983 (-)
Physical Description
177 p.
ISBN
9780060505912
  • Preface
  • Part 1.. The Appeal of Mass Movements
  • I.. The Desire for Change
  • II.. The Desire for Substitutes
  • III.. The Interchangeability of Mass Movements
  • Part 2.. The Potential Converts
  • IV.. The Role of the Undesirables in Human Affairs
  • V.. The Poor
  • The New Poor
  • The Abjectly Poor
  • The Free Poor
  • The Creative Poor
  • The Unified Poor
  • VI.. Misfits
  • VII.. The Inordinately Selfish
  • VIII.. The Ambitious Facing Unlimited Opportunities
  • IX.. Minorities
  • X.. The Bored
  • XI.. The Sinners
  • Part 3.. United Action and Self-sacrifice
  • XII.. Preface
  • XIII.. Factors Promoting Self-sacrifice
  • Identification with a Collective Whole
  • Make-believe
  • Deprecation of the Present
  • "Things Which Are Not"
  • Doctrine
  • Fanaticism
  • Mass Movements and Armies
  • XIV.. Unifying Agents
  • Hatred
  • Imitation
  • Persuasion and Coercion
  • Leadership
  • Action
  • Suspicion
  • The Effects of Unification
  • Part 4.. Beginning and End
  • XV.. Men of Words
  • XVI.. The Fanatics
  • XVII.. The Practical Men of Action
  • XVIII.. Good and Bad Mass Movements
  • The Unattractiveness and Sterility of the Active Phase
  • Some Factors Which Determine the Length of the Active Phase
  • Useful Mass Movements
  • Notes

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