Why universities should seek happiness and contentment / Paul Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Paul, author.

Series:

Sensory studies series.

Sensory studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Students--Mental health.

Students.

Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"The totalising effect of consumerism, well-being and satisfaction is a discourse which may negate the value of struggle and mastery of complex subjects and a realization of personal potentiality. Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment considers the consequences of a hedonistic and well-being centred model of student education as one of the goals of higher education and proposes an alternative goal for higher education. In a globalised consumer society where the anxiety for an identity leads to the fear of not reaching the standard, Paul Gibbs shows how anxiety can be harnessed to secure contentment with one's own future without the fear of consumer-induced emptiness. He conceptualises higher education in a counter-valued way to the current dominant discourse of higher education institutions and educational policy while placing students at the centre of their own educational activity. In doing so, Gibbs proposes contentment as a guiding principle of higher education."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. 1. What are we talking about?

pt. 2. Voices of happiness, satisfaction or contentment

pt. 3. Happiness and the disposition of contentment.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781474252089

1474252087

9781474252072

1474252079

9781474252065

1474252060

OCLC:

990778003

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access