When prophecy fails

a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world

Leon Festinger Henry W. Riecken Stanley Schachter First published 1956

About this book

Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.

Subjects

  • disconfirmation behavior
  • end of the world
  • news media
  • prophecies
  • prophecies (occultism)
  • prophéties
  • proselyting
  • social relations