The Happiness Fantasy

ISBN-13: 9781509523801 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Cederström, Carl

Opis

Happiness has meant different things in different times: according to Aristotle, only the gods could be truly happy, but if you lived ethically, you might come close; for medieval Christians, the best way to be happy was to suffer pain and for Romantic philosophers like Rousseau, society made happiness impossible.

Recenzje

Happiness is big business and big politics these days. But as Cederstrom shows in this sharp and engaging book, its recent history can be disturbing. Combining humor with a much–needed skepticism, he shows that in a world of
happiness, not all is smiles.
Darrin M. McMahon, author of Happiness: A History

Spis treści

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 The Birth of the Happiness Fantasy: In Bed with Wilhelm Reich
• 2 Compulsory Narcissism: Happiness in an Age of Precariousness
• 3 Happiness Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of the Happiness Fantasy
• 4 Happiness Drugs: From Space–Age Mysticism to Productivity Enhancement
• 5 Pleasure: A Distinctly Male Fantasy
• Conclusion: Happiness after Trump
• Notes

O autorze

Carl Cederström is Assistant Professor at Stockholm University