Source: The Antioch Review, Vol. , No. (Summer, 1948), pp. 193-210

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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Author(s): Robert K. Merton

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The Antioch Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer, 1948), pp. 193-210

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• Issue Table of Contents
  • The Antioch Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer, 1948), pp. 129-256
    • Front Matter [pp. 129-130]
    • The Dilemma, So-Called, of the American Liberal [pp. 131-151]
    • Blacklegs and Regulators: Three Tales of the Indiana Frontier [pp. 152-178]
    • Down on the Farm: New Style [pp. 179-192]
    • The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy [pp. 193-210]
    • A Story
      • Time to Say Goodbye [pp. 211-222]
    • The Philosophy of Whitehead [pp. 223-239]
    • Books
      • Review: The Novel as Entertainment [pp. 240-246]
      • Review: Hart Crane [pp. 246-248]
      • Review: On the Meaning of Morris R. Cohen [pp. 248-250]
    • We Note [pp. 251-254]
    • The Reader Writes
      • The Press and the People [pp. 255-256]