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02889aam a2200445 i 4500 001 05E0DA4E9E7911EBAB8E65A832ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210416010016 008 180808s2019 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018036712 020 $a 0190699914 020 $a 9780190699918 035 $a (OCoLC)1048658705 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d VP@ $d YUS $d IMD $d OCLCQ $d GYG $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d JYJ $d GYG $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF698.35.P67 $b H66 2019 082 00 $a 155.2/32 $2 23 100 1 $a Hood, Bruce M. $q (Bruce MacFarlane), $e author. 245 10 $a Possessed : $b why we want more than we need / $c Bruce Hood. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvi, 201 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Epilogue. $t Do we really own anything? -- $t Non-humans possess, but only humans can own -- $t Origins of ownership -- $t It's only fair -- $t Possessions, wealth and happiness -- $t We are what we own -- $t Letting go -- $t Epilogue. 520 $a 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? The 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 behavior 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 behavior, 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 consenquences for society and the planet - and how we can stop buying into it. ---From dust jacket. 650 0 $a Possessiveness 650 0 $a Personal belongings. 650 0 $a Personal property. 650 0 $a Desire. 650 7 $a Desire. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00891351 650 7 $a Personal belongings. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01058568 650 7 $a Personal property. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01058604 650 7 $a Possessiveness $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01072687 650 7 $a Besitz $2 gnd 650 7 $a Eigentum $2 gnd 650 7 $a Sozialpsychologie. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Teilen $2 gnd 941 $a 1 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20210416010148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=05E0DA4E9E7911EBAB8E65A832ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search