When Prophecy Fails - Couverture rigide

Festinger, Professor Leon; Riecken, Henry W; Schachter, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 125834713X ISBN 13 : 9781258347130

Editeur : Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012

Synopsis

When Prophecy Fails is a classic book in the field of social psychology, written by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. The book explores the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance and the psychological reactions of individuals when their beliefs are challenged by contradictory evidence.The authors conducted a study of a small group of people who believed in a doomsday prophecy that predicted the end of the world on a specific date. The group's leader, a woman named Dorothy Martin, claimed to have received messages from extraterrestrial beings that confirmed the prophecy.When the predicted date came and went without any cataclysmic events, the group was faced with a dilemma. Many of them had given up their jobs, possessions, and relationships in preparation for the end of the world, and now they had to reconcile their beliefs with the reality that the prophecy had not come true.The authors observed the group's reactions and found that some members of the group actually became more committed to the prophecy after its failure, while others experienced cognitive dissonance and either rejected the prophecy or modified their beliefs to fit the new information.When Prophecy Fails is a fascinating study of human behavior and belief systems, and it has been influential in the fields of psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the psychology of belief and the ways in which people cope with cognitive dissonance.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the summer of 1954, just as the “Flying Saucer Contactee” movement was taking off in America, a middle-aged housewife named Dorothy Martin (here renamed “Mrs. Marian Keech”) began receiving messages from the Space Brothers via automatic writing. They told her a world-destroying flood would occur on December 21st that would cleave the United States in two, and kill millions. A circle of disciples, dubbed “The Truth Seekers,” gathered around her, commissioned by the Space Brothers to warn the world of the approaching cataclysm, and to prepare themselves to be taken to safety on other planets in flying saucers. When their story appeared in the newspaper, social psychologist Leon Festinger, who was sure the prophesied flood would not actually occur, saw a a golden opportunity to study – first-hand, in real time – the effects of failed prophecy on believers. If the world was still standing on December 22nd, and no Space Brothers in flying saucers had appeared to the faithful, would “The Truth Seekers” abandon their beliefs? If not, how would they process and rationalize the failed prediction? Festinger and several colleagues infiltrated the group. “When Prophecy Fails” is their fascinating, hour by hour, inside account of the days leading up to, and following, December 21st, 1954. The New Paradigm Press edition of this classic of both UFOlogy and psychology includes a bonus image gallery, “The Truth Seekers In Context: Famous Flying Saucer/Space Brother Contactee Narratives of the 1950s.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 125834713X
• ISBN 13: 9781258347130
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible