Jordan McKenzie is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia.

• Introduction: Thinking Critically About Happiness 1. An Introduction to the Sociology of Happiness: Revisiting the Classics 2. Happiness, Sadness, and Contentment in the Sociology of Emotion 3. Reason, Self-Understanding and Autonomy in the Pursuit of Happiness 4. From Freud to Bauman: A Modern History of Discontentment 5. Democracy, Economics and the Public Sphere: If Money Won’t Buy Happiness, Who Should We Vote For? 6. Knowing Happiness and Contentment: The Good Life as a Hermeneutic Exercise. Conclusion.

Jordan McKenzie is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia.

• Introduction: Thinking Critically About Happiness 1. An Introduction to the Sociology of Happiness: Revisiting the Classics 2. Happiness, Sadness, and Contentment in the Sociology of Emotion 3. Reason, Self-Understanding and Autonomy in the Pursuit of Happiness 4. From Freud to Bauman: A Modern History of Discontentment 5. Democracy, Economics and the Public Sphere: If Money Won’t Buy Happiness, Who Should We Vote For? 6. Knowing Happiness and Contentment: The Good Life as a Hermeneutic Exercise. Conclusion.

Jordan McKenzie is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia.

• Introduction: Thinking Critically About Happiness 1. An Introduction to the Sociology of Happiness: Revisiting the Classics 2. Happiness, Sadness, and Contentment in the Sociology of Emotion 3. Reason, Self-Understanding and Autonomy in the Pursuit of Happiness 4. From Freud to Bauman: A Modern History of Discontentment 5. Democracy, Economics and the Public Sphere: If Money Won’t Buy Happiness, Who Should We Vote For? 6. Knowing Happiness and Contentment: The Good Life as a Hermeneutic Exercise. Conclusion.