SUPERSTITION

SUPERSTITION

by Vyse, Stuart

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Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid the number 13? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. From black cats to lucky pennies, Stuart Vyse explores the history of our deepest superstitions, and the psychological reasons behind why they persist today.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :SUPERSTITION.

Summary

Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid the number 13? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. From black cats to lucky pennies, Stuart Vyse explores the history of our deepest superstitions, and the psychological reasons behind why they persist today.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):OXFORD UNIV PRESS US
  • Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxii, 140 pages : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 18 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0198819250, 9780198819257
  • oclc:on1089487408
  • LC Classification:BF1775
  • Dewey Decimal:001.96

Table of Contents

1.The origins of superstition -- 2.Religious superstition -- 3.The secularization of superstition -- 4.Superstition in the modern world -- 5.The psychology of superstition -- 6.The future of superstition.

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Subjects

Aberglaube PSYCHOLOGY -- General Superstition Superstitions

Writers

Vyse, Stuart

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