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

Jenkins, Timothy

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2013-06-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137364456

DOI: 10.1057/9781137357601

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 100