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Origins of Possession: Owning and Sharing in Development - Hardcover

Philippe Rochat

 
9781107032125: Origins of Possession: Owning and Sharing in Development
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107032121 ISBN 13: 9781107032125
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Human possession psychology originates from deeply rooted experiential capacities shared with other animals. However, unlike other animals, we are a uniquely self-conscious species concerned with reputation, and possessions affect our perception of how we exist in the eyes of others. This book discusses the psychology surrounding the ways in which humans experience possession, claim ownership, and share from both a developmental and cross-cultural perspective. Philippe Rochat explores the origins of human possession and its symbolic development across cultures. He proposes that human possession psychology is particularly revealing of human nature, and also the source of our elusive moral sense.

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About the Author

Philippe Rochat is Professor of Psychology at Emory University, Atlanta and the head of the Emory Infant and Child Laboratory. His research focuses on the developmental origins of human self-awareness and social cognition in infants and children growing up in different social and cultural circumstances. His work includes Others in Mind (Cambridge, 2009), The Infant's World (2001), Early Social Cognition (1999) and The Self in Infancy (1995).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107032121
ISBN 13 
9781107032125
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
368