Never saw it coming : cultural challenges to envisioning the worst / Karen A. Cerulo.

By:

Cerulo, Karen A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: ix, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0226100324 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.12

LOC classification:

BD375 .C47 2006

Contents:

What's the worst that could happen? -- The breadth and scope of positive asymmetry -- Practicing positive asymmetry -- Positive asymmetry and the subjective side of scientific measurement -- Being labeled the worst's real in its consequences? -- Exceptions to the rule -- Emancipating structures and cognitive styles -- Can symmetrical vision be achieved?

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-314) and index.

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