Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need
Autor Bruce Hooden Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 aug 2019
Our love affair with our possessions seems to be all-consuming, even as our planet reaches breaking point. Despite the constant warnings about our future, we are reluctant to change our ways when it comes to accumulating more and more things. Why is this?
The answer is our need for ownership. Ownership is a uniquely human pre-occupation that has its origins deeply rooted in our biology. It can be seen in everything from children fighting over toys to the rise of political extremism.
Award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood draws on research from his own lab and others around the world to explain why psychological ownership is an emotional state of mind that governs our behaviour from the cradle to the grave, even when it is often irrational and destructive. What motivates us to buy more than we need? How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour, even the way we vote? And what can we do about it?
Timely, engaging and persuasive,Possessedis the first book to explore how ownership has us enthralled in relentless pursuit of a false happiness, with damaging consequences for society and the planet - and how we can stop buying into it.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241409950
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Allen Lane
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Bruce Hood is a professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol and the author of SuperSense, The Self Illusion and The Domesticated Brain. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the British Psychology Society and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Recenzii
Bruce Hood convincingly shows that we are possessed with possessions, buthis book is one possession you have to have, especially now.Engagingly written,Possessedbrings psychological science to bear on understanding how to exorcise this demon.
Science writing at its best: it's funny, smart, and on an fascinating topic.
Bruce Hood'sexcellentnew book upends the concept of possession and ownership . . .Possessedcombines philosophy with rigorous experimental research to examine the reasons why we want to own so much more than we need. Hood'swriting is crisp and he covers an impressive rangefor such a slim volume. For practical strategies to declutter, read Marie Kondo. For those interested in the psychology and philosophy of materialism, thisrich and engaging book will spark hours of joy.
Descriere
How ownership came to control us - and what we can do about it
Our love affair with our possessions seems to be all-consuming, even as our planet reaches breaking point. Despite the constant warnings about our future, we are reluctant to change our ways when it comes to accumulating more and more things. Why is this?
The answer is our need for ownership. Ownership is a uniquely human pre-occupation that has its origins deeply rooted in our biology. It can be seen in everything from children fighting over toys to the rise of political extremism.
Award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood draws on research from his own lab and others around the world to explain why psychological ownership is an emotional state of mind that governs our behaviour from the cradle to the grave, even when it is often irrational and destructive. What motivates us to buy more than we need? How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour, even the way we vote? And what can we do about it?
Timely, engaging and persuasive, Possessed is the first book to explore how ownership has us enthralled in relentless pursuit of a false happiness, with damaging consequences for society and the planet - and how we can stop buying into it.