Fanatic : why we love the things we love / Joe Ungemah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ungemah, Joe, 1976- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fanaticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Everyone is passionate about something, but not all of us become fanatics. Why and how some people do is a fascinating question with both practical utility and broad implications for our social, emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing. Joe Ungemah explores the psychological motivations behind fanaticism through interviews and direct experience. Falling within the social, physical, cognitive, and emotive psychological domains, these motivations combine to make a particular passion core to someone's identity.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What Is a Fanatic?

Part 1 The Social

1 Galactic Connections

2 Lemons to Lemonade

Part 2 The Physical

3 Ultra Physical

4 Virtual Escapism

Part 3 The Cognitive

5 One Person's Trash

6 Compulsive Perfection

Part 4 The Emotive

7 Cheap Thrills

8 Happiness on Sale

9 Action

Revel in Fanaticism

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 3, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-778389-9

0-19-778387-2

OCLC:

1443660366