TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffer,Eric
TI  - The true believer: thoughts on the nature of mass movements 
T2  - Perennial classics
SN  - 0060505915(pbk)
U1  - 303.48 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Perennial Classics
KW  - Social groups
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Fanaticism
KW  - Social participation
N1  - Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1951; Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177); PART 1: THE APPEAL OF ,ASS MOVEMENT

-> the desire for change
-> the desire for substitutes
-> the interchangeability of mass movements

PART 2: THE POTENTIAL CONVERTS

-> the role of the Understanables in Human affairs
-> the poor
-> misfits
-> the inordinately selfish
-> the ambitious facing unlimited
-> minorities
-> the bored
-> the sinners

PART 3: UNITED ACTION AND SELF-SACRIFICE

-> preface 
-> factors promoting self sacrifice
-> unifying agents

PART 4: BEGINNING AND END

-> men of words
-> the fanatics
-> the practical men of action
-> good and bad mass movements
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