%0 Journal Article %1 merton1948prophecy %A Merton, Robert K. %D 1948 %J The Antioch Review %K prophecy self-fulfilling social_theory thomas_theorem %N 8 %P 193–210 %T The self-fulfilling prophecy %X The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come ‘true’. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.

@article{merton1948prophecy, abstract = {The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come ‘true’. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.}, added-at = {2011-08-11T14:51:35.000+0200}, author = {Merton, Robert K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/298a1f99cd3aa8df5b1e5fd693e0f2e9b/meneteqel}, interhash = {33e175adc3a68a7b3043c341903bff12}, intrahash = {98a1f99cd3aa8df5b1e5fd693e0f2e9b}, journal = {The Antioch Review}, keywords = {prophecy self-fulfilling social_theory thomas_theorem}, language = {eng}, number = 8, pages = {193–210}, timestamp = {2011-08-12T20:03:29.000+0200}, title = {The self-fulfilling prophecy}, year = 1948 }