learnonline

One thing I learned from reading The True Believer is that there is demand for the diminishment of the self for the low price of giving away one's autonomy. 

This is probably already obvious given that extreme hedonism exists, but what surprised me was that there was enough demand for mass movements to form.

How is demand for diminishment of self obvious from extreme hedonism?

Isn't hedonism an expression of a high sense of self importance?

The tools for extreme hedonism are used to destroy oneself in order to escape the self.