The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

By: Eric Hoffer

Social Science

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,...