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1、61296Thiswasscannedbythescannerandproofedbytheproofer(v1.0)andismeanttobereadbythereader.WhoistheTrueBeliever?AccordingtoEricHoffer...1296He'sthemanwho,multipliedbythousands,isshapingtheworldtohisimage.He'saguilt-riddenhitchhikerwhothumbsarideoneverycausefromChristianit
2、ytocommunism.He'safanatic,needingaStalin(oraChrist)toworshipanddiefor.He'sthemortalenemyofthings-as-they-are,andheinsistsonsacrificinghimselfforadreamimpossibletoattain.Heistodayeverywhereonthemarch.Reportingonthetruebeliever,Mr.HofferexamineswithMachiavelliandetachment
3、massmovementsfromChristianityinitsinfancytothenationaluprisingsofourownday.Inanypublishingseasonthiswouldbeabooktoexcitediscussionandcontroversy,butworldeventsnowgiveitspecialurgency—forithelpstoexplainStalin's"secretweapon,"hisabilitytogenerateenthusiasmandself-sacrifi
4、ceinallmannerofpeople,hisneedtomakeadeviloftheUnitedStates.No.8542TheTrueBeliever:ThoughtsontheNatureofMassMovementsbyERICHOFFERHARPER&ROW,PUBLISHERSNewYorkandEvanstonTHETRUEBELIEVERCopyright,1951,byEricHofferPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica1296Allrightsinthisbookarere
5、served.Nopartofthebookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.Forinformationaddress:Harper&Row,Publishers,Incorporated,49East33rdStreet,NewYork16,N.Y.M-SToMARGARETANDERSONwith
6、outwhosegoadingfingerwhichreachedmeacrossacontinentthisbookwouldnothavebeenwrittenManwouldfainbegreatandseesthatheislittle;wouldfainbehappyandseesthatheismiserable;wouldfainbeperfectandseesthatheisfullofimperfections;wouldfainbetheobjectoftheloveandesteemofmen,andseesth
7、athisfaultsmeritonlytheiraversionandcontempt.Theembarrassmentwhereinhefindshimselfproducesinhimthemostunjustandcriminalpassionsimaginable,forheconceivesamortalhatredagainstthattruthwhichblameshimandconvinceshimofhisfaults.—Pascal,PanséesAndslimehadtheyformortar.—Genesis
8、II1296ContentsPreface8ChapterI:TheDesireforChange10ChapterII:TheDesireforSubstitutes17ChapterIII:TheInterchang