Critical Perspectives in Happiness Research: The Birth of Modern Happiness

Critical Perspectives in Happiness Research: The Birth of Modern Happiness

Luka Zevnik
$131.99
Publication Date: April 17th, 2014
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN:
9783319044026
Pages:
158
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Description

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. ​

About the Author

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.