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Autore |
Triandis Harry Charalambos <1926-> |
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Titolo |
Fooling ourselves : self-deception in politics, religion, and terrorism / / Harry C. Triandis |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2008 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024 |
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9798400652783 |
9786612428814 |
9781282428812 |
1282428810 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contributions in psychology, , 0736-2714 ; ; no. 52 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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How can we avoid fooling ourselves -- Information processing -- Fooling ourselves across cultures -- Fooling ourselves in politics -- Fooling ourselves in religion -- Fooling ourselves in terrorism -- What can we do?. |
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Self-deception occurs because we often see the world the way we would like it to be, rather than the way it is. Our brains so long for things the way we want them, we might not even be aware we are fooling ourselves, explains author Harry Triandis, a widely known Professor Emeritus of Psychology. Across cultures and around the world, self-deception is a phenomenon that has subtle and profound effects on everyday life, explains Triandis, also former president of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In this work, he not only explains how and why self-deceptions occur in t |
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