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When Prophecy Fails
- De: Leon Festinger
- Narrado por: Ellis Freeman
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World is a landmark work of social psychology by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter which was published in 1956. The book examines the case of a UFO cult in Chicago called the Seekers, their expectation of an imminent apocalypse, and their coping mechanisms after the event did not occur.
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3 out of 5 stars
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HORRIBLE reader for an important book
- De Michael Lisa en 11-18-21
- When Prophecy Fails
- De: Leon Festinger
- Narrado por: Ellis Freeman
HORRIBLE reader for an important book
Revisado: 11-18-21
This is an important study that is well-written and accessible for the non-expert. But the reader could not possibly be worse. A highly annoying voice and distracting habit of pausing after every three words is a bad start. But worse is his tone. Obviously mocking and sneering, audibly suppressing a laugh at some of the deluded people discussed. It could be argued that some derision is justified, but not by the reader! He also mispronounces words: “mimeograph” is pronounced “mime graph”?? He misreads words and corrects himself rather than re-recording that segment: “leaned…um…learned.”
This performance does a grave disservice to an important piece of work, especially in the current day of QAnon. I expected much better from Audible.
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