Critical Happiness Studies

Synopsis

This volume draws together the work of a diverse range of thinkers and researchers to address the question of happiness critically, using a wide variety of theoretical and empirical methodologies. Broadening the discussion beyond what might be considered highly individual and insular conceptualizations of happiness, often based on purely positivist approaches to the subject, authors raise questions about the nature of individual and collective anxieties that might underpin the current emphasis on happiness and the ideological or governmental ends that may be served by the framing of happiness in psychology and economics. With attention to how individuals understand and pursue happiness in their daily lives, Critical Happiness Studies highlights different theoretical paradigms that demonstrate the role of power in producing specific conceptualizations of happiness and, consequently, how they frame individual self-understanding or subjectivities and (re)shape political problems. The collection makes available critical, theoretical, and methodological resources for addressing a powerful set of cultural, political, and scientific discourses that have loomed large since the closing decade of the 20th century. A call for the establishment of a body of work in critical happiness studies, this book will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities interested in the age-old problem of happiness.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

198 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351397049

Related ISBNs:

9780203730119, 9781138304437, 9781032082806

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/27/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Nicholas Hill, Svend Brinkmann and Anders Petersen

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Self-Help, Psychology, Social Studies, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Nicholas Hill

Edited by:

Svend Brinkmann

Edited by:

Anders Petersen