Social Sciences as Sorcery Tapa dura - 1972

London, England: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 238. Purple cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address to front free endpaper. Light rubbing to dustjacket, with sunning to spine. Chip to dustjacket's top front corner. Spine and hinges tight. "The purpose of the social sciences is to explain us to ourselves. Then why do so many sociologists, psychologists and other pundits write in such inexplicable, inextricable prose? Why are their simplest observations cloaked in an impenetrable jargon? Why do the areas in which they are supposedly expert become increasingly confusing? In this pungent, stimulating and unconventional book Professor Andreski gives some answers which may not make him many friends in the citadels of academic orthodoxy. Obscurity, he points out, is the refuge of mediocre minds..." (from the dustjacket).

London: Deutsch. VG+. 1972. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 238 pages. Ink ownership signature on front endpaper; some pencil marginalia has been carefully erased. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .