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The happiness paradox / Ziyad Marar.
Van Pelt Library BF575.H27 M37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marar, Ziyad.
- Series:
- Focus on contemporary issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Happiness.
- Work--Psychological aspects.
- Love--Psychological aspects.
- Love.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2003.
- Summary:
- The dream of a happy life has pre-occupied thinkers since Plato, and is the signature tune of our times. In "The Happiness Paradox "Ziyad Marar shows how our modern obsession with happiness has evolved. In a lively and accessible style, he argues that happiness is a deceptively simple idea that will always be elusive because it is based on a paradox: the conflict of feeling good while simultaneously being good.
- Drawing on a wide and varied range of sources from psychology, philosophy, history, novels, and film, this book will engage those who are looking for meaning in a secular culture. It challenges our conventional search for happiness, while suggesting a bolder way to live with paradox.
- Contents:
- 1 Happiness: A Brief History 15
- 2 Feeling Free 37
- 3 Feeling Justifed 65
- 4 Love 91
- 5 Work 131
- 6 Living with Paradox 167.
- ISBN:
- 1861891822
- OCLC:
- 59352900
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