{"product_id":"the-true-believer-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-mass-movements-9780060505912","title":"The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe famous bestseller with \"concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. \u003cem\u003eThe True Believer\u003c\/em\u003e--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled a \"brilliant and original inquiry\" and \"a genuine contribution to our social thought\" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., this landmark in the field of social psychology is completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today as it delivers a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoffer, Eric:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEric Hoffer (1902 -- 1983) was self-educated. He worked in restaurants, as a migrant fieldworker, and as a gold prospector. After Pearl Harbor, he worked as a longshoreman in San Francisco for twenty-five years. The author of more than ten books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Passionate State of Mind, The Ordeal of Change\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Temper of Our Time, \u003c\/em\u003e Eric Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579672695058,"sku":"9780060505912","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37013dec-ef71-4393-8a5f-55d19cbc06b2.jpg?v=1732004663","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-true-believer-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-mass-movements-9780060505912","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}