first edition Hard Cover
2011 · New York
by Bering, Jesse
New York: Norton, 2011. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 104x16x153. First American edition. An exceptional copy. 2011 Hard Cover. 272 pp. In this lively and masterfully argued new book, Jesse Bering unveils the psychological underpinnings of why we believe. Combining lucid accounts of surprising new studies with insights into literature, philosophy, and even pop culture, Bering gives us a narrative that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. He sheds light on such topics as our search for a predestined life purpose, our desire to read divine messages into natural disasters and other random occurrences, our visions of (truncated)