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

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By (author): Timothy Jenkins

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. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Jun 2013
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781137364456

About Timothy Jenkins

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

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