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About Tim Kasser

Tim Kasser is Professor of Psychology at Knox College. His primary research concerns people’s values and goals, and how they relate to quality of life. Over the last decade he has been especially focused on studying ‘materialistic values,’ i.e., being wealthy, having many possessions, being attractive, and being popular. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and several books including The High Price of Materialism, Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity (co-authored with Tom Crompton), and Psychology and Consumer Culture (co-edited with Allen D. Kanner)

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Lucy in the Mind of Lennon: An Empirical Analysis of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

March 10, 2014 /4 Comments/in Books, Culture, Society tim-kasser /by Tim Kasser

In his recent book, Lucy in the Mind of Lennon (Oxford University Press), Psychologist Tim Kasser (Knox College) utilizes the methods of psychological science to explore John Lennon’s life through one of Lennon’s most famous and controversial songs: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.  In the exclusive excerpt below, Kasser applies the techniques of linguistic analysis to better […]

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