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Superstition
A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von Stuart Vyse
Sprache: Englisch

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Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid the number 13? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. From black cats to lucky pennies, Stuart Vyse explores the history of our deepest superstitions, and the psychological reasons behind why they persist today.
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid the number 13? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. From black cats to lucky pennies, Stuart Vyse explores the history of our deepest superstitions, and the psychological reasons behind why they persist today.
Über den Autor
Stuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He holds PhD and MA degrees in psychology and BA and MA degrees in English Literature. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College, where he was Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor. Vyse has written two books: Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (OUP, 1997), which won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association, and Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money, an analysis of the current epidemic of personal debt, the second edition of which (Going Broke: Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold on to Their Money) is due to publish in 2018. He has written dozens of personal essays, most of which have appeared as op-eds in various newspapers and online publications, and he is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: The meanings of superstition

  • 2: Religious superstition

  • 3: Secular superstition

  • 4: Superstition today

  • 5: Why do people believe?

  • 6: The future of superstition

  • Further reading

  • Index

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198819257
ISBN-10: 0198819250
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vyse, Stuart
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 175 x 110 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Stuart Vyse
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2020
Gewicht: 0,131 kg
Artikel-ID: 115614996
Über den Autor
Stuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He holds PhD and MA degrees in psychology and BA and MA degrees in English Literature. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College, where he was Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor. Vyse has written two books: Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (OUP, 1997), which won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association, and Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money, an analysis of the current epidemic of personal debt, the second edition of which (Going Broke: Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold on to Their Money) is due to publish in 2018. He has written dozens of personal essays, most of which have appeared as op-eds in various newspapers and online publications, and he is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: The meanings of superstition

  • 2: Religious superstition

  • 3: Secular superstition

  • 4: Superstition today

  • 5: Why do people believe?

  • 6: The future of superstition

  • Further reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198819257
ISBN-10: 0198819250
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vyse, Stuart
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 175 x 110 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Stuart Vyse
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2020
Gewicht: 0,131 kg
Artikel-ID: 115614996
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