"While we live in a technologically and scientifically advanced age, superstition is as widespread as ever. Not limited to just athletes and actors, superstitious beliefs are common among people of all occupations, educational backgrounds, and income levels. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Superstitions, he writes, are the natural result of several psychological processes, including our human sensitivity to coincidence, a penchant for developing rituals to fill time (to…
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Editions
9 editions · 3 languages
Other · English · 2020
Superstition
Oxford University Press · 152 pages · 9780198819257
Other · English · 2014
Oxford University Press · 316 pages · 9780199996926
Other · English · 2013
Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9780199996933
Other · English · 2013
Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9781299940611
Other · English · 2000
Oxford University Press, USA · 272 pages · 9780195136340
Other · English · 1997
Oxford University Press · 257 pages · 9780195078824
