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The Psychology of Superstition Paperback – February 28, 1971

by Gustav Jahoda (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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  1. Print length
    158 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin Books
  4. Publication date
    February 28, 1971
  5. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0140212035
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0140212037
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; New Ed edition (February 28, 1971)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 158 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140212035
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140212037
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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reynold spector
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book for its time but is now quite dated
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2015
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This is an excellent book for its time but is now quite dated. For a short up-to-date presentation see: The Psychology of the Irrational: Focus on Superstition in the American Rationalist Jan/Feb 2016.
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Harry Littell
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Examination of Cause and Effect
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2004
Although this book was written about 35 years ago, I would never have imagined it when I read it. Superstition, fear, servility, doubt all blend together. So it would seem like an impossible task for anyone to sort or flesh it all out.

How the author best accomplishes this is by examining the subject through the lenses of cause and effect. Superstition, by its varied and very nature abhors any examintion other than to be taken at face value, and would prefer to assume no cause than that which would infer any doubt about it. In other words, the duty of superstition, like dogma, is to preserve doubt at all costs.

Sadly, many persons are superstitious and so this book would render little if any appeal except to cast further blame by labeling the content as blasphemous and heretical.

Yet this author is meticulous in his discovery and his relation of cause to effect. In fact it might be one of the best books available in understanding cultural anthropological causation that appears to be built on a philosophical model. In other words, as an approach it is easier to understand, and brings home the importance of, and the damage of, assumptions of varying degrees of veracity as they relate to the human mind.

A brilliant book. If you have an interest in superstition, the unraveling of fears, and the discovery of their causes being embedded in doubt, you will not be disappointed.
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