Critical Perspectives in Happiness Research

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Beschreibung

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 of the main research approaches to happiness and then studies the important but elusive theme in the context of culture and relations of power. The second part of the book analyses the social, religious, ethical and political processes that lead to the emergence of the experience of happiness, including consumer culture in contemporary societies. It presents an analysis of the medieval Christian experience which concludes that the modern experience of happiness only emerged in the 17th and 18th century, when the ideal of human existence increasingly started to be pursued in the present life. In its conclusion, this book explores the concept of modernization as the collective pursuit of happiness.

Über den Autor

Dr. Luka Zevnik is assistant professor at University of Ljubljana. He is interdisciplinary oriented and has presented conference papers and published on happiness and emotions, popular culture, consumer culture, experience, cultural studies and neuroscience.

Zusammenfassung

Explores the concept of modernization as the collective pursuit of happiness

Places the concept of happiness into a historical and cultural context

Analyses the relationship of modern consumer culture with happiness in contemporary western societies

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeine Lexika
Genre:	Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	172
Inhalt:	xiv 158 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319353647
ISBN-10:	3319353640
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Zevnik, Luka
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Maße:	235 x 155 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Luka Zevnik
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,271 kg

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