When Prophecy Fails by Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter, Leon Festinger

198 pages first pub 1956 (editions)

nonfiction psychology religion sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The study reported in this volume grew out of some theoretical work, one phase of which bore specifically on the behavior of individuals in social movements that made specific (and unfulfilled) prophecies. We had been forced to depend chiefly on h...

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