Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers
AUTHOR:
Casti, J. L.
ISBN:
9783642048340
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
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 |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.