A event on Tuesday 12th November. The event starts at 19:00.
NB: You need to book for this event through Eventbrite, here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-bruce-hood-possessed-how-our-belongings-end-up-owning-us-tickets-77262334723
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?
Professor Hood will 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.
About the speaker:
Professor Bruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol. He also runs the Happiness Course for Bristol undergraduates and is a very entertaining and interesting speaker.
As well as his new book Posesssed, he is the author of three other popular books - Supersense, The Self Illusion and the Domesticated Brain.
You can read a Guardian review of Possessed here:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/17/possessed-by-bruce-hood-review
Doors open at 6.30 at the Square Club in Berkeley Square and the talk will begin at 7.15 and finish at 8.45 / 9. Bring cash if you want to buy a signed copy of Professor Hood's book.
The event costs £10 and you need to buy your ticket before the event.
You can buy it at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-bruce-hood-possessed-how-our-belongings-end-up-owning-us-tickets-77262334723
No refunds.
Entry requirements:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-bruce-hood-possessed-how-our-belongings-end-up-owning-us-tickets-77262334723
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?
Professor Hood will 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.
About the speaker:
Professor Bruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol. He also runs the Happiness Course for Bristol undergraduates and is a very entertaining and interesting speaker.
As well as his new book Posesssed, he is the author of three other popular books - Supersense, The Self Illusion and the Domesticated Brain.
You can read a Guardian review of Possessed here:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/17/possessed-by-bruce-hood-review
Doors open at 6.30 at the Square Club in Berkeley Square and the talk will begin at 7.15 and finish at 8.45 / 9. Bring cash if you want to buy a signed copy of Professor Hood's book.
The event costs £10 and you need to buy your ticket before the event.
You can buy it at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-bruce-hood-possessed-how-our-belongings-end-up-owning-us-tickets-77262334723
No refunds.
Entry requirements:
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