Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World / edited by Saamdu Chetri, Tanusree Dutta, Manas Kumar Mandal, Priyadarshi Patnaik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chetri, Saamdu, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology.

Well-being.

Positive Psychology.

Well-Being.

Local Subjects:

Positive Psychology.

Well-Being.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book contains contributions from diverse perspectives and traditions that focus on reflections and happiness practices. It addresses diversity in happiness and eastern and western thoughts and practices by contributing authors from around the world from varied backgrounds. The book provides ample avenue for readers and researchers to broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding of various aspects of happiness culturally and conceptually. It opens opportunities for exploring and understanding how happiness can be practiced, experienced, taught, and learned in various contexts, thus assisting both educators and interested readers to create opportunities for themselves or their students to engage in diverse and creative happiness explorations. This book is a crucial resource for teachers, educators, students, and researchers involved in the science and practice of happiness. It enables them to find new avenues to understand happiness from different perspectives, understanding inner and outer spaces and other dimensions of happiness. It serves as an essential reference for academicians in related fields of psychology, such as cross-cultural, social, and developmental, as well as in the upcoming field of happiness studies.

Contents:

Happiness research in the psychological perspective: Thoughts of an optimist

Blissful space within and without: Explorations through mandala and vastu

Self-architecture for sukha: Mind++ for integral wellbeing

Harmony Theory: Positive Organisation with Philosophical Foundations

Public health as a paradigm for happiness: Understanding vaccine impact

Linguistic and cultural exploration of Indian concept of happiness

Gross National Happiness: The interdependent domains of happiness

New economy for happiness

Happiness & hope in education

Interdisciplinary perspectives on social-ecological wellbeing

Post-capitalism: Towards social and ecological wellbeing

The constant of happiness and comparative ecologies

The economics of happiness: An exploration for guiding principles

What if Happytalism becomes the next step of human existence

From Stress to Happiness

Is there a positive correlation between forgiveness and happiness?

Happiness: Developing skills for meditation

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding wellbeing in dying

Communication, happiness & wellbeing

The economics of happiness: An experience from Ladakh

Characteristics of happy people. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

981-9926-37-8