When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World

by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter, Henry W. Riecken

Book Overview

2009 reprint of 1956 First edition. When Prophecy Fails 1956] is a classic text in social psychology authored by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. It chronicles the experience of a UFO cult that believed the end of the world was at hand. In effect, it is a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world, and the adjustments made when the prediction failed to materialize. "The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578988527
• ISBN13: 9781578988525
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"