Stephen Greenspan

Anatomy of Foolishness

The Overlooked Problem of Risk-Unawareness

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explains why and how individuals (of all ages and levels of intelligence) and organizations act in ways that undermine their interests and even continued existence. A novel four-factor explanatory theory sheds light on a topic of universal interest: the everyday foolishness of humans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780761871620
• ISBN-10: 0761871624
• Artikelnr.: 57558780

Autorenporträt

By Stephen Greenspan - Foreword by Robert B. Shilkret

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations ... Foreword, by Richard B. Shilkret ... Preface ...
Acknowledgments ... Part I. Overview of Foolishness ... One Popular and
Religious Conceptions of Foolishness ... Two Foolishness as Inattention to
Risk ... Three An Explanatory Model of Human Foolishness ... Four Factors
That Contribute to Foolish Action ... Part II. Forms of Foolishness ...
Five Practical Foolishness ... Six Non-induced Social Foolishness ... Seven
Induced Social Foolishness ... Part III. Implications of Foolishness ..
Eight Foolishness in Collectivities ... Nine Foolishness in Vulnerable
Populations ... Ten Foolishness and Crime ... Part IV. From Foolishness to
Wisdom ... Eleven What Makes Donald Trump a Fool? ... Twelve Some Advice
for Surmounting Foolishness ... Thirteen In Pursuit of Common Sense ...
References ... Index ... About the Authors ...