Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

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Vyse, Stuart

 
9780198819257: Superstition: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198819250 ISBN 13: 9780198819257
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today, the psychological reasons behind their continued existence and the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. 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.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198819250
ISBN 13 
9780198819257
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
140
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