How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We

How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

â€œEngaging, evocative. . . . [Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling.â€â€•NPR
Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thingâ€™s history, origin, and deeper nature.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-06-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393340006

How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like