Fans by Michael Bond - ISBN: 9781529052480
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Fandoms unlock belonging, meaning, and purpose, revealing our deeply tribal nature.

Fans

A Journey into the Psychology of Belonging

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    9 May 2023

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Summary

Fans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition. Part behavioural study, part entertainment, at its heart the book 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 o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529052480
ISBN-10:1529052483
Author:Michael Bond
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:9 May 2023
Weight:316g
Dimensions:234mm x 154mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

An entertaining guide to the psychology of belonging * The Times *
Highly enjoyable * Independent *

About The Author

Michael Bond

Michael Bond, who won the 2015 British Psychological Society prize for The Power of Others, is a writer specialising in human behaviour and a former editor and reporter at New Scientist. He is currently teaching writing as a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Oxford Brookes University.

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