Philosopher
Eric Hoffer
Overview
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an American philosopher and social critic. A moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. The University of California, Berkeley awards an annual literary prize named jointly for Hoffer.
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Philosophers who discussed Eric Hoffer
Ideas Eric Hoffer discusses
- German language
- Philosophy
- Creativity
- Intellectual property
- Atheism
- Essays (Montaigne)
- Suicide
- Trade union
- Los Angeles
- Intellectual
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Religion
- Ronald Reagan
- Aphorism
- Hoover Institution
- University of California, Berkeley
- Vietnam War
- World War II
- Michel de Montaigne
- New York (state)
- English language
- American Enterprise Institute
Place in the tradition
Part of Timeline of Western philosophers.