Reviews the book, by Clara Endicott Sears (1924). This essay in the historical branch of social psychology makes an important contribution to the history of American life and in a form more interesting than all but the very exceptional novel. It deals with the rise and fall of the delusion in the social mind of America between, say, 1830 and 1845, that the world was coming to an end in 1843 or later. As in all of Miss Sears's books and stories, there is an intense human interest in the present work; notably of value too, is the biography of William Miller as a human document in itself--the simple story of a sincere and religious man beguiled as much as beguilding by the unrealized growth of a fixed idea--a brave soldier, a man thoroughly good, and true to his ideals. His life already has been written by Sylvester Bliss. His obsession is one more excellent example of the way prophets (save those based on wide knowledge, deep wisdom, and keen reasoning) are made. Every student of psychology is indebted to Clara Endicott Sears for this elaborate case history.
Days of delusion: A strange bit of history
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Reviews the book, by Clara Endicott Sears (1924). This essay in the historical branch of social psychology makes an important contribution to the history of American life and in a form more interesting than all but the very exceptional novel. It deals with the rise and fall of the delusion in the social mind of America between, say, 1830 and 1845, that the world was coming to an end in 1843 or later. As in all of Miss Sears's books and stories, there is an intense human interest in the present work; notably of value too, is the biography of William Miller as a human document in itself--the simple story of a sincere and religious man beguiled as much as beguilding by the unrealized growth of a fixed idea--a brave soldier, a man thoroughly good, and true to his ideals. His life already has been written by Sylvester Bliss. His obsession is one more excellent example of the way prophets (save those based on wide knowledge, deep wisdom, and keen reasoning) are made. Every student of psychology is indebted to Clara Endicott Sears for this elaborate case history.Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Days of delusion: A strange bit of history
Dearborn, George VanNess
Follow The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology
, Volume 19 (4): 436
PsycARTICLES® – Jan 1, 1924
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