Böcker av Rami Gabriel

A Suspicious Science draws from history and anthropology to articulate an interdisciplinary multi-level form of psychology that may serve to orient the field. The book synthesizes debates in psychology and philosophy concerning methodology and the nature of explanation with debates about its practical context as a human science. Ultimately, it suggests psychology provides us myths and rituals that ground a particular sense of meaning and motivation in our lives.

Why do we buy? How do our acts of - and ideas about - consumption impact our selves, our institutions and our societies? Why I Buy explains how consumption came to give meaning and value to social and personal life. Gabriel offers an analysis of the psychological roots of the American consumer society and points towards a more sustainable future.