Episode 1209 • • 29:19 - 34:06
1209: Rewilding
Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, Mass Movement Psychology
Eric Hoffer’s 1951 book, The True Believer, analyzes the psychological motives of individuals who join mass movements, whether religious, political, or social. Hoffer argues that these movements attract "discontented people" who seek to lose their individual identities in a larger collective cause. This framework is applied to modern climate activism, suggesting that the movement utilizes similar tactics to historical radical and reactionary groups.