How ownership came to control us - and what we can do about
it.
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.
Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, Possessed is one of the
few things you really need to own.
*Dan Gilbert*
Bruce Hood convincingly shows that we are possessed with
possessions, but his book is one possession you have to have,
especially now. Engagingly written, Possessed brings psychological
science to bear on understanding how to exorcise this demon.
*Robert Plomin, author of 'Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we
are'*
Science writing at its best: it's funny, smart, and on an
fascinating topic.
*Twitter*
Ownership is a surprisingly nuanced and wonderfully colorful topic,
and no one is better poised to tell its story than psychologist and
author Bruce Hood. The book he's written is a page-turner that puts
our intuitions under the spotlight at every turn.
*David Eagleman, bestselling author of 'The Brain' and
'Incognito'*
Bruce Hood's excellent new book upends the concept of possession
and ownership . . . Possessed combines philosophy with rigorous
experimental research to examine the reasons why we want to own so
much more than we need. Hood's writing is crisp and he covers an
impressive range for such a slim volume. For practical strategies
to declutter, read Marie Kondo. For those interested in the
psychology and philosophy of materialism, this rich and engaging
book will spark hours of joy.
*The British Psychological Society blog*
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