Human flourishing across cultures and disciplines paradigms of well-being and development edited by Andrej Zwitter

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zwitter, Andrej, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Well-being.

Happiness.

Medical Subjects:

Happiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2026

Summary:

"What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all. An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together to construct alternative visions of what a flourishing life could encompass. Their inclusive approach integrates indigenous wisdom, happiness, care, and storytelling and broadens our ideas of what it means to flourish. Where Western perspectives often emphasize individuality and wealth, here contributors look beyond individual achievement and material success as benchmarks of a successful life. Instead they foreground the intrinsic value of interpersonal relationships, community bonds, and spiritual fulfilment. Interweaving the threads of philosophical, scientific, indigenous, and political thought, they build a holistic understanding of human well-being and flourishing. We see how spiritual and metaphysical beliefs can coexist with scientific validity and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of human aspiration. A foreword from former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon lays the groundwork for new attainable utopias that will help shape future Sustainable Development Goals. By encouraging us to rethink policies and our collective futures, this one-of-a-kind collection introduces us to a truly flourishing society where all dimensions of life are equally valued"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

The spectrum of human understanding : the conceptual basis of human flourishing / George Ellis

The indispensability thesis and the expanded notion of nature / Markus Gabriel

Ontological security and worldviews for human flourishing / Dean Rickles

Positive psychology and human flourishing / Theo K. Bouman

Christian and Neo-Platonic roots of flourishing – higher virtues and the pursuit of happiness / Andrej Zwitter

Learning to flourish with Spinoza / Harald Atmanspacher

The arc of hope / Richard D. Hecht

Folktales, stories and traditions – conceptual Indigenous wisdom and knowledge for human flourishing / Wakanyi Hoffman

Confucian language of flourishing : reading the Classic Daxue / Victoria Sukhomlinova

Towards a feminist and radical democratic theory of human flourishing / Maggie O’Neill

The king’s philosophy and a happiness train : a conceptual overview of GNH / Karma Ura

Planetary thinking for planetary flourishing / Frederic Hanusch and Claus Leggewie

Reclaiming care – Homo Curans as vision for human flourishing and sustainability transformation / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Reimagining a world fit for our humanity / Ian Hughes

Flourishing in the international sphere – from sovereignty to solidarity : challenges to ‘modern’ international law / Hans-Joachim Heintze

Human flourishing : an integrated systems approach to development post 2030 / Andrej Zwitter, Carole Bloch, George Ellis, Richard Hecht, Ariel Hernandez, Wakanyi Hoffman, Dean Rickles, Victoria Sukhomlinova and Karma Ura

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed April 7, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Human flourishing across cultures and disciplines

ISBN:

9781350547841

1350547840

9781350547827

1350547824

9781350547834

1350547832

OCLC:

1574024190

Access Restriction:

Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access