The happiness riddle and the quest for a good life / Mark Cieslik.
The happiness riddle and the quest for a good life / Mark Cieslik.
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London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2017]
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G 2017/1055
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x, 235 pages ; 22 cm
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unmediated
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volume
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Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: The Happiness Riddle; Researching Happiness and a Good Life; Outline of the Book; Bibliography; 2: Philosophy and the History of Happiness; The Buddha and Eastern Notions of Happiness; Classical Greek Writings on Happiness; Roman and Christian...
Contemporary Economics of Happiness: 'Behavioural Economics'Bibliography; 4: Positive Psychology and Happiness; Early Positive Psychology; Happiness and Human Fallibility; Martin Seligman, Authentic Happiness and Flourishing; Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and 'Flow' Experiences; Criticisms of Positive Psy...
The Legacy of Classical Sociology Happiness in the Writings of Durkheim and Marx; Alienation and Happiness; Happiness and Ideologies; Max Weber on Happiness; Simmel and Happiness; Modern Sociology and Scepticism About Happiness Research; The Frankfurt School and Happiness; The Problem of Happiness:...
The Restructuring of Youth Transitions and the Influence on Wellbeing Multiple Disadvantage, Marginal Transitions and the Influence on Wellbeing; Success and Happiness Against the Odds?; Success Yet Poor Wellbeing: The Shadows of the Past; Alice's Story; Life's Full of Surprises: Alice and the 'Gap...
Aging, Independence and Wellbeing Happiness and Work-Life Balance; Social Class, Austerity and the Structuring of Wellbeing?; Making Sense of Key Moments in Life: The Conflict Between Habitus and Personal Change; Barry and Carl: Happiness and Alternative Lifestyles; Barry and Carl: Settling Down and...
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London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2017]
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England
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[2017]
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This book examines the meaning of happiness in Britain today, and observes that although we face challenges such as austerity, climate change and disenchantment with politics, we continue to be interested in happiness and living well. The author illustrates how happiness is a far more contested, social process than is often portrayed by economists...
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The happiness riddle and the quest for a good life / Mark Cieslik.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Cieslik, Mark. Happiness riddle and the quest for a good life. London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2017] 9781137318824 (OCoLC)964545658
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G 2017/1055
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0230283039 hardback
9780230283039 hardback
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152.42
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991024064919202626
