Fanatic: why we love the things we love

"Everyone is passionate about something, but not all of us become fanatics. Why and how some people do is a fascinating question with both practical utility and broad implications for our social, emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing. Joe Ungemah explores the psychological motivations be...

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Main Author: Ungemah, Joe 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
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Summary:"Everyone is passionate about something, but not all of us become fanatics. Why and how some people do is a fascinating question with both practical utility and broad implications for our social, emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing. Joe Ungemah explores the psychological motivations behind fanaticism through interviews and direct experience. Falling within the social, physical, cognitive, and emotive psychological domains, these motivations combine to make a particular passion core to someone's identity."
Physical Description:231 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197783863
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197783863.001.0001

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