![]() ![]() All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance all of them are capable of releasing a powerful ow of activity in certain departments of life all of them demand blind faith and singlehearted allegiance. It does not maintain that all movements are identical, but that they share certain essential characteristics which give them a family likeness. Preface This book deals with some peculiarities common to all mass movements, be they religious movements, social revolutions or nationalist movements. Good and Bad Mass Movements The Unattractiveness and Sterility of the Active Phase Some Factors Which Determine the Length of the Active Phase Useful Mass Movements About the Author Books by Eric Hoffer Copyright About the Publisher Notes Unifying Agents Hatred Imitation Persuasion and Coercion Leadership Action Suspicion The Effects of Unification PART 4. Make-believe Deprecation of the Present “Things Which are Not” Doctrine Fanaticism Mass Movements and Armies XIV. ![]() U NITED ACTION AND SELF-SACRIFICE Preface Factors Promoting Self-sacrifice Identification with a Collective Whole ![]() THE POTENTIAL CONVERTS The Role of the Undesirables in Human Affairs The Poor The New Poor The Abjectly Poor The Free Poor The Creative Poor The Unified Poor Misfits The Inordinately Selfish The Ambitious Facing Unlimited Opportunities Minorities The Bored The Sinners PART 3. THE APPEAL OF MASS MOVEMENTS The Desire for Change The Desire for Substitutes The Interchangeability of Mass Movements PART 2. PASCAL, Pensées And slime had they for mortar. The embarrassment wherein he nds himself produces in him the most unjust and criminal passions imaginable, for he conceives a mortal hatred against that truth which blames him and convinces him of his faults. Man would fain be great and sees that he is little would fain be happy and sees that he is miserable would fain be perfect and sees that he is full of imperfections would fain be the object of the love and esteem of men, and sees that his faults merit only their aversion and contempt. ![]() To MARGARET ANDERSON without whose goading finger which reached me across a continent this book would not have been written THE TRUE BELIEVER _ Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements ![]()
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