When prophecy fails
a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter · 1956
Popularity 20
Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.
disconfirmation behaviornews mediaPropheciesproselytingProphecies (occultism)End of the worldsocial relationsProphétiesProphecies (Occultism)