The social psychology of material possessions

Dittmar, Helga

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Document type:: Book

Collection:: POP - Possession, Ownership, Property

Title:: The social psychology of material possessions: to have is to be

Author:: Dittmar, Helga

Publisher:: Harvester Wheatsheaf [u.a.]

Place of publication:: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Year of publication:: 1992

Language:: English

Subject:: Eigentum Besitzstreben Sozialpsychologie

Note:: Literaturverz. S. 207 - 238

Topic:: C - Psychology

Shelfmark:: C/D617

Access:: Physisches Exemplar Sondersammlung POP

Contents Acknowledgements To have is to be: is that the question? Private property and materialism Material symbols Self, other and material symbols of identity The rise of mass consumer society: we are what we have Identity through possessions Biological accounts of possessions and property: The ‘acquisitive instinct’ past and present The ‘acquisitive instinct’ SR Sociobiology: the ‘acquisitive instinct’ in modern disguise? Possession-related behaviour in different cultures Possessive behaviour and childhood Humans and other animals Social aspects of material possessions Instinct revisited Conclusion Notes The individual-centred approach: Material possessions as parts of the extended self Possessions as parts of the self A developmental perspective on possessions and self . 1 1 J ’ 30 39 10 41 43 48

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