Abstract :
In today s society has a nature that mingled with the thought and movements that political, philosophical, religious, ideological and have several beliefs motivation. These thoughts and movements that have a strong sense of believe have increased rapidly together with the modern period is closely related with the process of being a individual of human. Because individual identity that formed during the modern period and has the power to be self-sufficient unlike to the human of the traditional era, is a competence that roaming micro beliefs based on that in his own right in a way independent of macro factors. Moreover, in Europe, philosophy, thinking and politics are rescued from church domination in modern era and centralization of secular tantalized perceptions instead of beliefs and discourses religion’s production have revealed new ideas and lifestyles. In fact, ıt has created only a few of the talents of the individual in modern times that has become a discipline of the Sciences and adoption of positivist belief as a method, enter circulation of democracy as a form of political governance in nation-state formation and on global scale, referencing of good of society to ideologies with the roles that the thought takes than religious and has faithed in faith that ideologies are deliver to absolate good. Thus, belief has reproduced itself by overcoming the religious in secular forms that intellectual and ideological. No doubt a belief’s certainty or decisiveness is varies according to this belief’s questionable or dedication to this belief. When talking about today s societies, maybe it will need to mentioned beliefs that up to the number of individuals living on earth. True belief to be transferred to a social type are needed those: First of all, the appearance of this type in daily life and creation of awareness for this visibility, then mental spaces that will find the nest of words to be will expressed. The dominant thought in society is one of the basic references for true believers. In addition to ethnic elements, religion, sect, belonging, identity, profession, ideology and many other aspects can be the material of true believers. In this study firstly, sociologically will be discussed the issue of true believer that appeared today as a social type, with reference Eric Hoffer’s this typifying and with some critiques. Also true believers will evaluated in the context of mass movements and social movements andı t will be discussed that the roles of the true believers in this movements. Finally, it will be tried to the development of a social type that can be described as a true believer on the example of person, group or communities at scale of World and Turkey.
Keywords :
true believers , mass movements , social movements , social types