Handbook of Eudaimonic Well-Being / edited by Joar Vittersø.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vittersø, Joar., Editor.

Series:

International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life, 2468-7227

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life.

Positive psychology.

Personality.

Social psychology.

Quality of Life Research.

Positive Psychology.

Personality and Social Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Quality of Life Research.

Positive Psychology.

Personality and Social Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 569 p. 17 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This handbook presents the most comprehensive account of eudaimonic well-being to date. It brings together theoretical insights and empirical updates presented by leading scholars and young researchers. The handbook examines philosophical and historical approaches to the study of happy lives and good societies, and it critically looks at conceptual controversies related to eudaimonia and well-being. It identifies the elements of happiness in a variety of areas such as emotions, health, wisdom, self-determination, internal motivation, personal growth, genetics, work, leisure, heroism, and many more. It then places eudaimonic well-being in the larger context of society, addressing social elements. The most remarkable outcome of the book is arguably its large-scale relevance, reminding us that the more we know about the good way of living, the more we are in a position to build a society that can be supportive and offer opportunities for such a way of living for all of its citizens.

Contents:

1. The Most Important Idea in the World: An Introduction; Joar Vittersø

PART I. Philosophical Eudaimonism

2. The Philosophical Basis of Eudaimonic Psychology; Dan Haybron

3. Ethics and Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Johannes Hirata

4. Aristotle on Eudaimonia: On the Virtue of Returning to the Source; Blaine Fowers

5. Conceptual Challenges for a Science of Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Lorraine Besser

PART II. Identifying the Elements of Psychological Eudaimonics

6. Beautiful Ideas and the Scientific Enterprise: Sources of Intellectual Vitality in Research on Eudaimonic Well-Being; Carol Ryff

7. Eudaimonia as a Way of Living: Connecting Aristotle with Self-Determination Theory; Richard Ryan and Frank Martela

8. Internal Motivation, Instrumental Motivation, and Eudaimonia; Barry Schwartz and Amy Wrzesniewski

9. Eudaimonia and Wisdom; Alan Law and Ursula Staudinger

10. Eudaimonic Growth: The Development of the Goods in Personhood (or: Cultivating a Good Life Story); Jack Bauer

11. Hedonia, Eudaimonia, and Meaning: Me versus Us; Fleeting versus Enduring; Michael F. Steger

12. The Eudaimonics of Positive Emotions; Barbara Fredrickson

13. On the Synergy between Hedonia and Eudaimonia: The Role of Passion; Bob Vallerand

14. The Eudaimonics of Self-Actualization; Rebecca J. Schlegel, Joshua Hicks and Andrew Christy

15. Eudaimonic and Hedonic Orientations: Theoretical Considerations and Research Findings; Veronika Huta

16. Genes, Environments and Core Features of Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Espen Røysamb and Ragnhild Bang Nes

17. The Feeling of Excellent Functioning: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Emotions; Joar Vittersø

18. Measuring Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Carmel Proctor and Roger Tweed

PART III. Living Eudaimonically

19. Well-Doing: Personal Projects and the Social Ecology of Flourishing; Brian Little

20. The Eudaimonics of Human Strengths: The Relations Between Character Strengths and Well-Being; Claudia Harzer

21. The Mind of the “Happy Warrior”: Eudaimonia, Awe, and the Search for Meaning in Life; Alexander Danvers, Makenzie O’Neil and Michelle Shiota

22. The Eudaimonia of Heroism: Sublime Actualization through the Embodiment of Virtue; Zeno Franco, Olivia Efthimiou and Philip G. Zimbardo

23. Health and Eudaimonic Wellbeing: Exploring the Promise of Positive Well-Being and Healthier Living; Jay Kimiecik

24. Eudaimonia, Aging, and Health: A Review of Underlying Mechanisms; Anthony Ong and Alicia Patterson

25.Wholeness and Holiness: The Spiritual Dimension of Eudaimonics; Kenneth Pargament, Serena Wong and Julie Exline

26. Positive Interventions that Erode the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Divide to Promote Lasting Happiness; Dianne Vella-Brodrick

PART IV. Eudaimonia and the Society

27. Eudaimonia and Culture: The Anthropology of Virtue; Francis Mckay

28. Eudaimonic Wellbeing: A Gendered Perspective; Leah Ferguson and Katie Gunnell

29. Sentimental Hedonism: Pleasure, Purpose, and Public Policy Paul Dolan and Laura Kudrna

30. The Eudaimonics of Education; Hans Henrik Knoop

31. Developing Well-Being and Capabilities As a Goal of Higher Education: A Thought-Piece on Educating the Whole Student; Eranda Jayawickreme and Sara Dahill-Brown

32. Developing a Eudaimonia Research Agenda in Travel and Tourism; M. Joseph Sirgy and Muzaffer Uysal

33.Hedonism, Eudaimonia, and the Serious Leisure Perspective; Robert A. Stebbins

34. Eudaimonia and "Species Being": a Marxist Perspective; Hartley Dean

PART V. Against Eudaimonia

35. Socrates Dissatisfaction, A Happiness Arms Race, And the Trouble with Eudaimonic Well-being; Sarah J. Ward and Laura King

36. Putting Eudaimonia in its Place (On the Predictor, not the Outcome, Side of the Equation); Kennon M. Sheldon

37. Social Planning Without Bentham or Aristotle: Towards Dignified and Socially Engaged Wellbeing; Neil Thin

Epilogue

38. The Future of Eudaimonic Well-Being: Subjectivism, Objectivism and the Lump Under the Carpet; Valerie Tiberius.

ISBN:

3-319-42445-9