Critical Perspectives in Happiness Research The Birth of Modern Happiness /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zevnik, Luka (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Positive Psychology.

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the origins of happiness in the modern Western culture and makes the argument that happiness is not universal but is instead a culturally and historically specific experience, characteristic only to the Western world. It begins with an overview...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Towards a Critical Perspective in Happiness Research
• Chapter 1. Overview of Happiness Research
• Chapter 2. Happiness, Culture and Relations of Power
• Chapter 3. The Return to Happiness: A New Interdisciplinary Approach to Happiness Research
• Chapter 4. Middle Ages: The Time before Happiness
• Chapter 5. The Origins of Happiness in Renaissance and Reformation
• Chapter 6. The Birth of Modern Happiness
• Chapter 7. The Evolution of Happiness: Development of Happiness from its Birth to its Contemporary Manifestations
• Chapter 8. Conclusion: Modernization as the Collective Pursuit of Happiness. .