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Never saw it coming : cultural challenges to envisioning the worst / Karen A. Cerulo.

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LIBRA BD375 .C47 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cerulo, Karen A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Catastrophical, The.
Cognition and culture.
Social psychology.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Physical Description:
ix, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Contents:
What's the worst that could happen?
The breadth and scope of positive asymmetry
Practicing positive asymmetry
Positive asymmetry and the subjective side of scientific measurement
Being labeled the worst : real in its consequences?
Exceptions to the rule
Emancipating structures and cognitive styles
Can symmetrical vision be achieved?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index.
ISBN:
0226100324
0226100332
OCLC:
63703781
Publisher Number:
9780226100326
9780226100333

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