Perspectives on happiness : : concepts, conditions and consequences / / Soren Harnow Klausen.

Happiness is a challenging, multifaceted topic, which obviously calls for an interdisciplinary approach. This work is a collection of papers which explores the phenomenon of happiness from a variety of angles, and from both theoretical and practical perspectives. They deal with the general nature an...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Brill,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries 121.
Physical Description:1 online resource (178 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction / Søren Harnow Klausen , Bryon Martin , Mustafa Cihan Camcı and Sarah A. Bushey
  • Happiness in the Routine of Everyday Life / Mustafa Cihan Camci
  • Against ‘Feeling Good’: Aristotle’s Concept of Happiness (eudaimonia) / A. Erdem Çifçi
  • Utility, Liberty, and the State’s Duty to Promote Flourishing / Andrew Molas
  • What Makes College Students Happy? A Day Reconstruction Study / Ranjeeta Basu and Marie D. Thomas
  • Hegemonic Systems and the Politics of Happiness: the Fairy Tale as Ideology / Sheila M. Rucki and Lisa Ortiz
  • Using Art Therapy Techniques to Explore Home Life Happiness / Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh , Carolina Escobar-Tello and Kathy Pui Ying Lo
  • What Is the Good Life: an Overview of the ‘Good Life’ at the University of Florida / Sarah A. Bushey
  • The Vocation Fulfilment: a Driver for Happiness at Work / Andrea-Mariana Marian and Valeriu Budeanu
  • Classic Cars and Happiness: a Profile of Participants and Their Family, Community and Cultural Health / Bryon Martin
  • Happiness and the Structure and Dynamics of Human Life / Søren Harnow Klausen
  • Quo Vadis: Fullness or Emptiness in the Pursuit of Happiness? / Robert D. Hermanson
  • Earthly Happiness and Heavenly Happiness / Seán Moran
  • Happiness in Higher Education in Hong Kong: an Anthropology Study / Kelly K. L. Chan
  • Re-Embracing Simplicity: an Exploration of Epicurean Happiness / Julia Hotz
  • The Subjective Well-Being of Married Women In and Out of the Workforce in Sri Lanka / Ann Shelomi Panditharatne
  • The Sublime Landscape / Jane Russell-O’Connor.