100 Years of Happiness

Insights and Findings from the Experts

AvNathan S. Carlin,Donald Eric Capps

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This book sums up 100 of years of research into the study of happiness—from 19th century scientific insights on the subject to the pop psychology perspectives of modern-day America.We all want to be happy, but what does that mean, and how do we get there? These questions may be a popular topic of positive psychology books in recent years, but interest in the subject stretches back over a century. Distinguished authors Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps examine opinions, research studies, and insights about happiness from the 18th century through today. 100 Years of Happiness: Insights and Findings from the Experts is organized into three sections—one that explores insights from philosophers, another part that reviews study results from researchers, and a final section that casts some skepticism on the study of happiness. The authors review what the experts have found, and explore such questions as: Is happiness the goal of life? Is it possible to measure happiness? Is it possible to become happier? What is the difference between unhappiness and depression? If humankind could eliminate unhappiness from the human condition, should we? This fascinating text provides a basis for readers to develop their own conclusions, and to continue humankind's ongoing discourse on the subject.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-03
Mått:156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:595 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781440803628

Utforska kategorier

Psykologi: känslor inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Nathan Carlin, PhD, is director of the Medical Humanities and Ethics Certificate Program at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, TX.Donald Capps, PhD, is William Harte Felmeth Professor of pastoral theology (emeritus) and adjunct professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ.

Recensioner i media

The authors included are interesting and provide substantive food for thought. At the end, you will want to join Carlin and Capps in the coffee shop to discuss your own perspective of happiness and to follow up by journaling your seven keys to happiness. . . . 100 Years of Happiness is a good read. It won't make you happy, but it will get you thinking.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Foreword by J. Harold EllensPrefaceIntroductionPart I Some Insights about Happinesschapter 1 Cultivating Happinesschapter 2 The Desire for Happinesschapter 3 The Science of Happinesschapter 4 The Conquest of HappinessPart II Some Findings about Happinesschapter 5 The Pursuit of Happinesschapter 6 Authentic Happinesschapter 7 Realistic Happinesschapter 8 Evolving Happinesschapter 9 Forecasting Happinesschapter 10 Becoming HappierPart III Some Questions about Happinesschapter 11 The Artifice of Happinesschapter 12 Against Happinesschapter 13 Exploring Happinesschapter 14 AfterthoughtsNotesReferencesIndex