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

Informationen zum Autor Timothy Jenkins is a Reader in Anthropology and Religion, University of Cambridge Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The issue of the scale of the event – one object or three parties? PART I: THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE VARIOUS PARTIES The social scientists The group and the mediums The press PART II: THE EVENTS AND THEIR RATIONALE The sociology of secrecy. Language of science, language of secrecy. A dialogue of the deaf. Gains Bibliography

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Preface Introduction: The issue of the scale of the event - one object or three parties? PART I: THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE VARIOUS PARTIES The social scientists The group and the mediums The press PART II: THE EVENTS AND THEIR RATIONALE The sociology of secrecy. Language of science, language of secrecy. A dialogue of the deaf. Gains Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: T. Jenkins, Timothy Jenkins
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2013
• EAN: 9781137364456
• ISBN: 978-1-137-36445-6
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Culture, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Ethnology, Religion & beliefs, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology & anthropology, Social Anthropology, Crime & criminology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Religion and sociology