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conservatism of the privileged, and the former is as much a factor in | conservatism of the privileged, and the former is as much a factor in | ||
the perpetuation of a social order as the latter.' -p3 | the perpetuation of a social order as the latter.' -p3 | ||
*Since all mass movements draw their adherents from the same types of humanity and appeal to the same types of mind, it follows: | |||
(a) all mass movements are competitive, and the gain of one in | |||
adherents is the loss of all the others; (b) all mass movements are | |||
interchangeable. One mass movement readily transforms itself into | |||
another. A religious movement may develop into a social | |||
revolution or a nationalist movement; a social revolution, into militant nationalism or a religious movement; a nationalist movement into a social revolution or a religious movemen | |||
Revision as of 06:23, 5 February 2018
Intro
A book on mass movements by Eric Hoffer, winner of Presidential Gold Medal
Quotes
- 'There is thus a conservatism of the destitute as profound as the
conservatism of the privileged, and the former is as much a factor in the perpetuation of a social order as the latter.' -p3
- Since all mass movements draw their adherents from the same types of humanity and appeal to the same types of mind, it follows:
(a) all mass movements are competitive, and the gain of one in adherents is the loss of all the others; (b) all mass movements are interchangeable. One mass movement readily transforms itself into another. A religious movement may develop into a social revolution or a nationalist movement; a social revolution, into militant nationalism or a religious movement; a nationalist movement into a social revolution or a religious movemen