Spent Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior

Name: Spent Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
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ISBN: 9780670020621

ISBN-10: 0670020621

ISBN-13: 9780670020621

Edition: 2009

Authors: Geoffrey Miller

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A leading evolutionary psychologist probes the hidden instincts behind our working, shopping, and spending Evolutionary psychology—the compelling science of human nature—has clarified the prehistoric origins of human behavior and influenced many fields ranging from economics to personal relationships. In SpentGeoffrey Miller applies this revolutionary science’s principles to a new domain: the sensual wonderland of marketing and status seeking that we call American consumer culture. Starting with the basic notion that the goods and services we buy unconsciously advertise our biological potential as mates and friends, Miller examines the hidden factors that dictate our choices in everything…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/14/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English




Darwin Goes to the Mall



The Genius of Marketing



Why Marketing Is Central to Culture



This Is Your Brain on Money



The Fundamental Consumerist Delusion



Flaunting Fitness



Conspicuous Waste, Precision, and Reputation



Self-Branding Bodies, Self-Marketing Minds



The Central Six



Traits That Consumers Flaunt and Marketers Ignore



General Intelligence



Openness



Conscientiousness



Agreeableness



The Centrifugal Soul



The Will to Display



Legalizing Freedom


Exercises for the Reader


Further Reading and Viewing


Acknowledgments


Index