Mind & society fads
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Mind & society fads
(Haworth popular culture)
Harrington Park Press , An imprint of Haworth Press, c1992
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Mind and society fads
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Mind & Society Fads identifies and explores the major fads--both historic and recent--of the realm of science and society. No less than manufactured products, faddish thinking spreads just as rapidly and often has a pernicious effect on our society. Most every field of learning and study has suffered from a quick fix or a specious argument or a convincing guru. Only mention phrenology, the Bermuda Triangle, Albert Einstein, reincarnation, goldfish swallowing, Sigmund Freud, biorhythms, or genius sperm banks and we smile and perhaps wince. From the 1700s to the 1990s, these intellectual fads have lodged themselves in society's belief system and obscured logical thinking. This enlightening volume focuses on these intellectual fads and stresses how these diversions can be beneficial because they prompt a rethinking of our basic assumptions--a type of intellectual housecleaning. General areas covered include:
faddish theories
intellectual fads
fads from the world of science
widespread societal fads not manifested in a specific genre or productMind & Society Fads continues in the tradition of Arts & Entertainment Fads and Sports & Recreation Fads with short, concise entries in encyclopedic format followed by a bibliography for further research and study by researchers and general readers alike. Appealing to all readers ranging from scholars, popular culture buffs, and those readers just curious about the fads embraced by Americans throughout our short history, this volume is sure to be enlightening and entertaining.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction
Aerocar
Arica Institute
B. F. Skinner
The Bermuda Triangle
Biorhythm
Born-Again Christians
British Coronations
Bulimia
Bundling
Business Management
College Students
Coueism
Courtship and Marriage
Craniometry and Polygeny
Creation Science
Death Education
Dionne Quintuplets
Eastern Mysticism
Education
Einstein
The Emmanuel Movement
Esalen
Esperanto
est
Eugenics
Existentialism
Feeling Therapy
Forteans
The Four Hundred
Freudian Interpretation of Historical and Literary Figures
G-Spot
Genius Sperm Bank
Goldfish Swallowing
Harmonic Convergence
Hippie Communes
Hydrotherapy
IQ and Genius
"Kilroy Was Here"
Language
LSD
Marxian Socialism
Mensa
Nature Study
Orgonomy
Personal Names
Phrenology
Politically Correct
Primal Therapy
Psychoanalysis
Pyramid Power
Reconstructionism
Reincarnation
Rejuvenation
Sea Serpents
Sex Surrogates
Talking to Plants
Tattoos
UFOs
Vincent Van Gogh
Veterans of Future Wars
Walden Two
Index
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