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Against Happiness 1st Edition by Owen Flanagan, Joseph LeDoux, Bobby Bingle, Daniel M Haybron, Batja Mesquita, Michele Moody Adams, Songyao Ren, Anna Sun, Yolonda Y Wilson ISBN 0231209495 9782022048475
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Year: 2023
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ISBN 10: 0231209495
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Author: Owen Flanagan, Joseph LeDoux, Bobby Bingle, Daniel M Haybron, Batja Mesquita, Michele Moody Adams, Songyao Ren, Anna Sun, Yolonda Y Wilson
The “happiness agenda” is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice. Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, this book provides both theoretical and empirical analysis of the limitations of the happiness agenda. The authors emphasize that this movement draws on a parochial, Western-centric philosophical basis and demographic sample. They show that happiness defined as subjective satisfaction or a surplus of positive emotions bears little resemblance to the richer and more nuanced concepts of the good life found in many world traditions. Cross-cultural philosophy, comparative theology, and social and cultural psychology all teach that cultures and subcultures vary in how much value they place on life satisfaction or feeling happy. Furthermore, the ideas promoted by the happiness agenda can compete with rights, justice, sustainability, and equality—and even conceal racial and gender injustice. Against Happiness argues that a better way forward requires integration of cross-cultural philosophical, ethical, and political thought with critical social science. Ultimately, the authors contend, happiness should be a secondary goal—worth pursuing only if it is contingent on the demands of justice.
Against Happiness 1st Table of contents:
- The Tyranny of Happiness – Discussing the societal pressure to constantly seek happiness and the harm that can come from this.
- The American Dream and the Pursuit of Happiness – Critiquing the American ideal of achieving happiness and success through material gain.
- The Man of Sorrows – Reflecting on figures of sorrow and how sadness has historically been tied to wisdom and depth.
- Generative Melancholy – How melancholia can foster creativity, deep thinking, and meaningful life experiences.
- Terrible Beauty – Exploring the connection between beauty and suffering, arguing that our greatest works are often born from melancholy.
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