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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955376503321

Autore

Triandis Harry Charalambos <1926->

Titolo

Fooling ourselves : self-deception in politics, religion, and terrorism / / Harry C. Triandis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2008

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

9798400652783

9786612428814

9781282428812

1282428810

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Contributions in psychology, , 0736-2714 ; ; no. 52

Disciplina

155.2/4

Soggetti

Self-deception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?.

Sommario/riassunto

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