{"product_id":"fans-a-journey-into-the-psychology-of-belonging","title":"Fans: A Journey Into the Psychology of Belonging","description":"Fans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition.\n\nPart behavioural study, part entertainment, at its heart, Fans is a story of collectives, of what happens to us when we interact with people who share our passions. The human brain is wired to reach out, and while our groupish tendencies can bring much strife (religious intolerance, racism, war, etc.), they are also the source of some of our greatest satisfactions.\n\nFandoms offer much of the pleasure of tribalism with little of the harm: a feeling of belonging and of shared culture, a sense of meaning and purpose, improved mental well-being, reassurance that our most outlandish convictions will be taken seriously, and the freedom to try to emulate (and dress like) our hero.\n\nIn Fans, Michael Bond explores the subject through the lens of social identity theory, a set of ideas used by social psychologists and anthropologists to understand how people behave in groups and why groups have such a profound effect on human culture.\n\n'This should earn Bond some new fans of his own' Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1529052475\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1529052475.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bond, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41584313958458,"sku":"DBV.1529052475.G","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1529052475-0.jpg?v=1786243857","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/fans-a-journey-into-the-psychology-of-belonging","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}