Possessed

Bruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at Bristol University. He undertook his Ph.D. at Cambridge followed by appointments at University College London, MIT and a faculty professor at Harvard. He researches child development, origins of superstition and self-identity. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the British Psychological Society. Bruce gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2011 and has written three popular science books - SuperSense, The Self Illusion and The Domesticated Brain. He is working on his fourth book about ownership. Bruce is the founder of Speakezee - the world's largest academic speaker platform connecting experts with audiences.

Prologue
Chapter 1: Do We Really Own Anything?
Chapter 2: Why Do We Need To Own?
Chapter 3: Origins of Ownership
Chapter 4: It's Only Fair
Chapter 5: Possessions, Wealth & Happiness
Chapter 6: We Are What We Own
Chapter 7: Sacred Stuff
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
References