Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers
Title:
Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers
Author:
Casti, J. L.
ISBN:
9783642048340
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2010
Physical Description:
xxiv, 250 p. ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The unconventional wisdom -- Why "stuff" happens -- Why hits happen -- Why wars, economic cycles, and political crises happen -- Why great powers come and go -- Getting it together.
Abstract:
Casti argues that human affairs-- fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars-- can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.
Subject:
| Social change -- Psychological aspects |
| Mood (Psychology) |
| Causation |
| Social psychology |
| Social prediction |
Summary:
Casti argues that human affairs-- fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars-- can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.