The Psychology of Superstition — Gustav Jahoda
The Psychology of Superstition — Gustav Jahoda
Author: Gustav Jahoda
Publisher: Allen Lane The Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First published 1969
ISBN: 0713900814
Condition: Good second-hand condition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has visible shelf wear, rubbing, edge wear, light marking and a sticker/removal mark to the front cover. Back cover has age-toning and an old price sticker. Pages appear intact with general age-related tanning. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
The Psychology of Superstition is Gustav Jahoda’s study of why superstitious beliefs persist across cultures, societies and everyday life. First published in 1969, the book examines superstition through psychology, social belief, cultural tradition and human attempts to explain uncertainty, luck, fear and the unknown.
Rather than treating superstition simply as irrational thinking, Jahoda looks at the psychological and social forces that help magical beliefs survive into the modern world. It is a useful title for readers interested in psychology, folklore, scepticism, belief systems, occult history and the borderland between rational thought and magical thinking.
About the Author:
Gustav Jahoda was a psychologist and academic whose work explored culture, belief, superstition and social psychology. His research often focused on the ways people understand the world through inherited ideas, cultural assumptions and psychological patterns.