The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics) cover
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)
by Eric Hoffer
ISBN: 0060505915
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Joel_Mckay · 2026-02-18 · Original thread
I often ponder why Carl Sagan never added another book to his famous reading list for students, as it makes a fairly reasonable argument that most populist movements are essentially interchangeable =3

"The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (Eric Hoffer, 1951)

https://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Nature-Movemen...

papaf · 2011-11-21 · Original thread
I found the following classic an interesting guide:

http://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Movements-Peren...