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

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Timothy Jenkins

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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.

Author Biography:

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

Release date NZ

June 21st, 2013

Author

Timothy Jenkins

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

2 Illustrations, black and white; X, 100 p. 2 illus.

Pages

100

Dimensions

140x216x11

ISBN-13

9781137364456

Product ID

21420291

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