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Superstition and Economic Threat: Germany 1918 – 1940

  • Economic threat predicted the level of superstition in Germany for the tumultuous years 1918 to 1940. Indexes of superstition were the number of articles on astrology, mysticism, and cults appearing in a German periodical index. Threat was measured by levels of real wages, unemployment, and industrial production. The economic threat variables significantly predicted level of superstition in two of the three superstition indexes. Experimental and naturalistic evidence concerning situational determinants of superstition are reviewed. These results support Fromm's (1941/1965) thesis that threat produces authoritarianism and corroborate Sales's (1973) investigation of U.S. archival data.

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Author:Vernon R. Padgett, Dale O. Jorgenson
Parent Title (English):Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol 8, No. 4 (1982), pp. 736-741. [Online ISSN 1552-7433] [doi.org/10.1177/0146167282084021]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1982
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Padgett_V_R_and_Jorgenson_D_O_1982
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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