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Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance 2013th Edition
Author(s): Timothy Jenkins (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
- Publication Date: 21 Jun. 2013
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 110 pages
- ISBN-10: 1137364459
- ISBN-13: 9781137364456
Book Description
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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Timothy Jenkins is a Reader in Anthropology and Religion, University of Cambridge
