An edition of When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
(1956)
When prophecy fails
a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter
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Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.
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First Sentence
"A man with a conviction is a hard man to change."
Table of Contents
Foreword
Table of Contents
Page 1
I.
Unfulfilled Prophecies and Disappointed Messiahs
Page 3
II.
Teachings and Prophecies from Outer Space
Page 33
III.
Spreading the Word on Earth
Page 58
IV.
The Long Wait for Orders
Page 87
V.
Four Days of Very Imminent Salvation
Page 139
VI.
An Unfulfilled Prophecy and an Elated Prophet
Page 174
VII.
Reaction to Disconfirmation
Page 193
VIII.
Alone and Dry
Page 216
Epilogue
Page 230
Methodological Appendix
Page 237
Notes to Chapter I
Page 253
Index
Page 255
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