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Deconstructing happiness : critical sociology and the good life / Jordan McKenzie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Jordan, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 109.
- Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 109
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Well-being.
- Happiness.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 158 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: thinking critically about happiness
- An introduction to the sociology of happiness : revisiting the classics
- Happiness, sadness, and contentment in the sociology of emotion
- Reason, self-understanding and autonomy in the pursuit of happiness
- From freud to bauman : a modern history of discontentment
- Democracy, economics and the public sphere : if money won't buy happiness, who should we vote for?
- Knowing happiness and contentment : the good life as a hermeneutic exercise
- Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McKenzie, Jordan, author. Deconstructing happiness.
- ISBN:
- 9781138832602
- 113883260X
- OCLC:
- 931860418
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