Happiness in World History

ISBN-13: 9780367561031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 226 str.

Peter N. Stearns

Opis

Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history, to the maturation of agricultural societies and their religious and philosophical systems, to the changes and diversities in the approach to happiness in the modern societies that began to emerge in the 18^th century.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Psychological Basics  PART I: THE AGRICULTURAL AGE  3. Early Agricultural Society  4. From the Philosophers: Happiness in the Classical Period  5. From the Great Religions: Happiness – and Hope?  6. Popular Pleasures  PART II: THE HAPPINESS REVOLUTION, 1700-1900  7. The Happiness Revolution in the West  8. The Expansion of Happiness? The New Expectations Encounter Industrial Society  9. Global Developments in the 18^th and 19^th Centuries  PART III: HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY  10. Disputed Happiness, 1920-1945  11. Communist Happiness  12. Comparing Happiness in Contemporary Societies  13. Western Society in Contemporary History: Even Happier?  14. Happiness Goes Global  15. Conclusion

O autorze

Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA. He has written widely both in world history and in the growing field of the history of emotions, and regularly teaches courses in both areas.