- communism, reactionary, mass movements, extremism
This book presents ideas about how mass movements work and the psychology of people that awaken/join mass movements.
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Spare, cool, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Eric Hoffer, Eric Hoffer
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Borgo Press, Time-Life Books
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- Chinese, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780061845482
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“It is a truism that many who join a rising revolutionary movement are attracted by the prospect of sudden and spectacular change in their conditions of life.”
American philosopher
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