{"product_id":"9781137364456","title":"Of Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOf Flying Saucers and Social Scientists: A Re-Reading of When Prophecy Fails and of Cognitive Dissonance\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJenkins, Timothy\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-06-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137364456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781137357601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 100\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47678250647692,"sku":"9781137364456","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137364456.jpg?v=1776563268","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137364456","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}