Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and natural scientific accounts of human behavior.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-06-21
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:282 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:100
Upplaga:2013
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137364456

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Timothy Jenkins is a Reader in Anthropology and Religion, University of Cambridge

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction: The issue of the scale of the event – one object or three parties? PART I: THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE VARIOUS PARTIES The social scientists The group and the mediums The press PART II: THE EVENTS AND THEIR RATIONALE The sociology of secrecy. Language of science, language of secrecy. A dialogue of the deaf. Gains Bibliography