The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements / by Eric Hoffer.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Perennial Classics, 2002Description: viii, 177 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 0060505915(pbk)Subject(s): Social groups | Social psychology | Fanaticism | Social participationDDC classification: 303.48Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Namal Library Social Sciences(hall 2) | 303.48 HOF-T 2002 6008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | C.1 | Available | 0006008 | ||
Books | Namal Library Social Sciences(hall 2) | 303.48 HOF-T 1951 6009 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | C.2 | Available | 0006009 |
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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