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The True Believer by Eric Hoffer - Book Summary
“Why People Join Mass Movements”
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Title: The True Believer
Author: Eric Hoffer
Category: Culture & Society, Psychology & Human Behavior, World History
Why do ordinary people become fanatical followers of mass movements? Sam and Sophie sit with Eric Hoffer's unsettling answer: the content of the doctrine barely matters—what matters is the psychological type it attracts.
They walk through Hoffer's categories of frustrated individuals—the poor, misfits…
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