âIts theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.â âNew Yorker
The famous bestseller with âconcise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movementâ (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.
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 Believerâthe first and most famous of his booksâwas made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.
Called a âbrilliant and original inquiryâ and âa genuine contribution to our social thoughtâ 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.