Wellbeing and Aspirational Culture

• Main Author: Moore, Kevin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Emotions.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Critical psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Emotion.; Self and Identity.; Critical Psychology.

This book addresses the paradox that, despite quantifiable advances, people often struggle to experience positive wellbeing. Kevin Moore argues that two key insights can help resolve this paradox: first, that we live in an 'aspirational culture' that has its roots in the agrarian revolutio...