The Temper of Our Time Author:Eric Hoffer Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer--lived for years as a Depression Era migratory worker. Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge--history, science, mankind--formed the basis of his insight to human nature. The Temper of Our Time examines the influence of the juvenile mentality, the rise of... more » automation, the black revolution, the regression of the back-to-nature movement, the intellectual vs. learning, and other relevent issues.« less