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 thing's history, origin, and deeper nature.
| ISBN: | 9780393077117 |
| Publication date: | 14th June 2010 |
| Author: | Bloom, Paul |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Digital Product (Other) |