The science of deception psychology and commerce in America

"Graft is the worst form of despotism" : swindlers, commercial culture, and the deceivable self -- Hunting duck-rabbits : illusions, mass culture, and the law of economy -- "Not our houses but our brains are haunted" : the arts of exposure at the boundaries of credulity -- The un...

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1. Verfasser: Pettit, Michael John (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, London The University of Chicago Press 2013
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Zusammenfassung:"Graft is the worst form of despotism" : swindlers, commercial culture, and the deceivable self -- Hunting duck-rabbits : illusions, mass culture, and the law of economy -- "Not our houses but our brains are haunted" : the arts of exposure at the boundaries of credulity -- The unwary purchaser : trademark infringement, the deceivable self, and the subject of consumption -- Diagnosing deception : pathological lying, lie detectors, and the normality of the deceitful self -- Studies in deceit : personality testing and the character of experiments -- Barnum's ghost gives an encore performance.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-303
Beschreibung:ix, 311 Seiten
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ISBN:0226923746
0-226-92374-6
9780226923741
978-0-226-92374-1