Eric Hoffer (1898–1983)
Autore di The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
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Fonte dell'immagine: The B. S. Report
Opere di Eric Hoffer
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Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hoffer, Eric
- Data di nascita
- 1898-07-25
- Data di morte
- 1983-05-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, USA
- Istruzione
- self-educated
- Attività lavorative
- longshoreman
migrant worker
philosopher - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1983)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1964)
Eric Hoffer Award
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The Ordeal of Change di Eric Hoffer
The book examines the forces working to change the world, including discontented people in need of haven, intellectuals, talented misfits, idealists, and men of words who play upon mass emotions.
Bestselling classic text: The basic premise is that there are traits common to all mass movements, whether religious, social, or nationalist.
Great book but at times it was a little too much philosophizing for me. I understand that is the nature/subject of the book and it's not the authors fault for being smarter than I am, but I still enjoyed it even though it wasn't the most easiest of reads. Back in the day these dudes were sitting around getting high and writing down every single thought that came to their mind. I wonder if we have any "philosophers" these days who write about this stuff or is it only in the past. These philosophers quoted in here span thousands of years. From Aristotle time and B.C. to mid 1900's and even some later than that. It couldn't have went all those years and then not have any new material in this current time.… (altro)
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