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.
| ISBN: | 9781349473281 |
| Publication date: | 21st June 2013 |
| Author: | Timothy Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Pivot an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 100 pages |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Social and cultural anthropology Crime and criminology Anthropology Religion and beliefs Sociology and anthropology |
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.
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists features in the following genres: Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social and cultural anthropology, Crime and criminology, Anthropology, Religion and beliefs, Sociology and anthropology
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists is available in Paperback
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists was written by Timothy Jenkins and published by Palgrave Pivot an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists has 100 pages