Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background...
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The True Believer (redirect from The True Believer (Eric Hoffer book))
Movements is a non-fiction book authored by the American social philosopher Eric Hoffer. Published in 1951, it depicts a variety of arguments in terms of applied...
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Ideology (section Unifying agents (Hoffer))
representation, The Society of the Spectacle. The American philosopher Eric Hoffer identified several elements that unify followers of a particular ideology:...
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non-rational, rather than spread through "mere force of truth and fact". Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman-philosopher, cites Planck's Principle in support of...
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footballer Eric Hoffer (1898–1983), American philosopher Hera Hoffer (born 1987), American drag queen also known as Jinkx Monsoon Isaac Hoffer Doutrich...
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College of the Atlantic. The Crown Ain't Worth Much was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and nominated for a 2017 Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. They...
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nominated for the 2014 Kirkus Prize for non-fiction and was a finalist for Eric Hoffer Grand Prize and First Horizon Book Awards. A reviewer of Publishers Weekly...
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hockey player Eric Hiscock (1908–1986), British sailor and author Eric Hoffer (1902–1983), American moral and social philosopher Eric Holcomb, American...
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2015. Thomas Bethell (2012). Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher. Hoover Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780817914165. Hoffer's attitude toward religion was...
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of violence (pragmatic and selective vs. legitimate and acceptable). Eric Hoffer and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. were two political writers during the mid-20th...
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (1951), Eric Hoffer said that political mass movements, such as Italian Fascism (1922–1943)...
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Jinkx Monsoon (redirect from Jerick Hoffer)
Hera Hoffer (born September 18, 1987), best known under the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag queen, actress, singer and comedian. She has...
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Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York Philip A. Hart, Senator (D-MI) Eric Hoffer, longshoreman, migratory worker and philosopher Roman Hruska, Senator...
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Mendelssohn Laughing Philosopher: Democritus Longshoreman Philosopher: Eric Hoffer Mother of Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft Philosopher of Fascism: Giovanni...
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co-production. A children's illustrated book about the event was written by 2013 Eric Hoffer Award–winner Laura Scandiffio and Stephen MacEachern, entitled Escapes...
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Harrington, Stephanie (July 4, 1976). "Betty Friedan, Verbal Sexism, Eric Hoffer, The Village Voice, the Centennial". The New York Times. Archived from...
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In May 2021, Deer's book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World, won the Eric Hoffer Award for nonfiction, and a gold medal in the Independent Publisher Book...
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philosophers, including Robert Roswell Palmer, Crane Brinton, Hannah Arendt, Eric Hoffer, and Jacques Godechot. Writers and activists, including Justin Raimondo...
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primary cause of social problems, including Mumford, Paul Goodman, and Eric Hoffer. Aldous Huxley addressed its general theme in Brave New World, to which...
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situations. In 2018, Gonzales received the Montaigne Medal from the Eric Hoffer Society for Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. The book is...
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National Indie Excellence Award and a Next Generation Indie Book Award and Eric Hoffer Award finalist, is published by Familius. His personal essays are published...
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large effect on the success of their message. In The True Believer, Eric Hoffer noted, "People whose lives are barren and insecure seem to show a greater...
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2020 Eric Hoffer Chapbook Category Award and was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. 2020 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List. 2020 Eric Hoffer Chapbook...
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many psychic mediums. The term "true believer" had earlier been used by Eric Hoffer in his 1951 book The True Believer to describe the psychological roots...
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Howard believed in "mainstream social Darwinism" and was "a web-footed Eric Hoffer". Kenneth Turan of The Washington Post called Howard "an Everyman with...
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Popper (1902–1994). Philosopher of Science. Mortimer Adler (1902–2001). Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930). Proposed redundancy theory of...
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Books, was a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, as well as an Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist for thought-provoking texts. Tampa is a novel...
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the 2019 American Fiction Awards: A Child Went Forth Finalist, 2022 Eric Hoffer Award. Montaigne Medal Finalist: Two Boys at Breakwater Silver in the...
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Ralan.com's Grabber Contest, The Ralph Williams Memorial Award, and the Eric Hoffer Prose Award Program. He has taught seminars at many conferences, including...
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Violence." The American philosopher Eric Hoffer employed Montaigne both stylistically and in thought. In Hoffer's memoir, Truth Imagined, he said of Montaigne...
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