This edition represents an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: ‘National Delusions’, ‘Peculiar Follies’, and ‘Philosophical Delusions’. Mac Kay was an accomplished teller of stories, though he wrote in a journalistic and somewhat sensational style. The subjects of Mackay’s debunking include alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetisers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Present-day writers on economics, such as Michael Lewis and Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. Scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan mentioned the book in his own discussion about pseudoscience, popular delusions, and hoaxes.
Charles Mackay was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter.
Charles Mackay was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 619 ● ISBN 9788026879893 ● File size 5.5 MB ● Publisher e-artnow ● City Prague ● Country CZ ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7499688 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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