Kyle Harrison
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When Prophecy Fails
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World
- Author
- Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter
- Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 253
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Festinger and colleagues’ study of a group that predicted the end of the world, and what its members did when it didn’t come — the founding case study of cognitive dissonance: “A man with conviction is a hard man to change.”
Where I heard about it
- Utopia For Realists — quoted at length in its final chapter.
Connections
- Utopia For Realists — where this book is cited.