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Look at Me!: The Fame Motive from Childhood to Death
Orville Gilbert Brim
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Description for Look at Me!: The Fame Motive from Childhood to Death
Hardcover. Examines the desire to be famous in people of all ages, backgrounds, and social status and how succeeding or failing affects their lives and their personalities. This book also explores the implications of the pursuit of fame throughout a person's lifetime, covering the nature of the desire; fame, money, and power; and the sources of fame. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Four million adults in the United States say that becoming famous is the most important goal in their lives. In any random sampling of 100 American adults, two will have fame as their consuming desire. What motivates those who set fame as their priority, where did the desire come from, how does the pursuit of fame influence their lives, and how is it expressed? These are the questions that ""Look at Me!"" answers, based on the research of Orville Gilbert Brim, award-winning scholar in the field of child and human development. ""Look at Me!"" examines the desire to be famous ... Read more
Four million adults in the United States say that becoming famous is the most important goal in their lives. In any random sampling of 100 American adults, two will have fame as their consuming desire. What motivates those who set fame as their priority, where did the desire come from, how does the pursuit of fame influence their lives, and how is it expressed? These are the questions that ""Look at Me!"" answers, based on the research of Orville Gilbert Brim, award-winning scholar in the field of child and human development. ""Look at Me!"" examines the desire to be famous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472070701
SKU
V9780472070701
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About Orville Gilbert Brim
Orville Gilbert Brim has had a long and distinguished career. He is the former director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, former president of the Foundation for Child Development, former president of the Russell Sage Foundation, and author and coauthor of more than a dozen books about human development, intelligence, ambition, ... Read more
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