https://www.bruceleelibrary.jamescbishop.com/lib/files/original/470c7d876c7f44ce24c04c18aa144533.jpg f81b055cc04607fe0b9378a81e69f6bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Books Description An account of the resource Books owned or studied by Bruce Lee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Bishop Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Doug Klinger, Marcos Ocana Book Author Eric Hoffer Publication Year 1951 Publisher Harper & Row Publishers Language English Subject Matter Philosophy Description <p><span>A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. </span><em><span class="a-text-italic">The True Believer</span></em><span>—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.</span></p> <p><span>Called a “brilliant and original inquiry” and “a genuine contribution to our social thought” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., this landmark in the field of social psychology is completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today as it delivers a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.</span></p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The True Believer