{"product_id":"possessed-bruce-hood-9780190699918","title":"Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need","description":"You may not believe it, but there is a link between our current political instability and your childhood attachment to teddy bears. There's also a reason why children in Asia are more likely to share than their western counterparts and why the poor spend more of their income on luxury goods than the rich. Or why your mother is more likely to leave her money to you than your father. What connects these things? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe answer is our need for ownership. Award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood draws on research from his own lab and others around the world to explain why this uniquely human preoccupation 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? Is it innate, or cultural? How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour, even the way we vote? And what can we do about it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimely, engaging and persuasive, \u003cem\u003ePossessed\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Hood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190699914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190699918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"Bruce Hood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987260342527,"sku":"9780190699918","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44232834-6e5a-4dfb-9334-9e352ec3e1ca.jpg?v=1683287920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/possessed-bruce-hood-9780190699918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}