{"product_id":"coincidences-9780520379961","title":"Coincidences","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people have a story to tell about a remarkable coincidence that in some instances changed the course of their lives. These uncanny occurrences have been variously interpreted as evidence of divine influence, fate, or the collective unconscious. Less common are explanations that explore the social situations and personal preoccupations of the individuals who place the most weight on coincidences. Drawing on a variety of coincidence stories, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson builds a case for seeing them as allegories of separation and lossrevealing the hope of repairing sundered lives, reconnecting estranged friends, reuniting distant kin, closing the gap between people and their gods, and achieving a sense of emotional and social connectedness with others in a fragmented world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time to Time\u003cbr\u003e A World in a Grain of Sand\u003cbr\u003e Lost and Found\u003cbr\u003e Synchronicity and Suffering\u003cbr\u003e The Other Portion\u003cbr\u003e Correspondences\u003cbr\u003e Ships That Pass in the Night\u003cbr\u003e Chance Meeting\u003cbr\u003e Coincidence and Theodicy\u003cbr\u003e Amazing Grace\u003cbr\u003e About Time\u003cbr\u003e March 15, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Person to Person\u003cbr\u003e Confluences\u003cbr\u003e Love\u003cbr\u003e It So Happened That . . .\u003cbr\u003e Contrived Coincidences\u003cbr\u003e The Double \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Boxes\u003cbr\u003e Autumn Leaves\u003cbr\u003e Magdalene of the Black Rose\u003cbr\u003e All the Birds of the Air \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Place to Place\u003cbr\u003e The Relativity of Our Viewpoints\u003cbr\u003e As Time Goes By\u003cbr\u003e Pieces of Music\u003cbr\u003e Strangers on a Train\u003cbr\u003e The Lost Child\u003cbr\u003e In the Nature of Things\u003cbr\u003e Il Ritorno in Patria \u003cbr\u003e Affective Coincidences\u003cbr\u003e Coincidence and Fate \u003cbr\u003e The Question of Verisimilitude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402948649303,"sku":"9780520379961","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520379961.jpg?v=1730481938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/coincidences-9780520379961","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}