100 years of happiness [electronic book] : insights and findings from the experts / Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781440803628 (hardback)
- 9781440803635 (e-book)
- One hundred years of happiness
- 158 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library | Not for loan |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book sums up 100 of years of research into the study of happiness--from 19th century scientific insights on the subject to the pop psychology perspectives of modern-day America.We all want to be happy, but what does that mean, and how do we get there? These questions may be a popular topic of positive psychology books in recent years, but interest in the subject stretches back over a century. Distinguished authors Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps examine opinions, research studies, and insights about happiness from the 18th century through today. 100 Years of Happiness: Insights and Findings from the Experts is organized into three sections--one that explores insights from philosophers, another part that reviews study results from researchers, and a final section that casts some skepticism on the study of happiness. The authors review what the experts have found, and explore such questions as: Is happiness the goal of life? Is it possible to measure happiness? Is it possible to become happier? What is the difference between unhappiness and depression? If humankind could eliminate unhappiness from the human condition, should we? This fascinating text provides a basis for readers to develop their own conclusions, and to continue humankind's ongoing discourse on the subject.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Self-Care Collection
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Series Foreword (p. xi)
- Preface (p. xiii)
- Introduction (p. xv)
- Part I Some Insights about Happiness
- Chapter 1 Cultivating Happiness (p. 3)
- Chapter 2 The Desire for Happiness (p. 13)
- Chapter 3 The Science of Happiness (p. 23)
- Chapter 4 The Conquest of Happiness (p. 39)
- Part II Some Findings about Happiness
- Chapter 5 The Pursuit of Happiness (p. 57)
- Chapter 6 Authentic Happiness (p. 73)
- Chapter 7 Realistic Happiness (p. 87)
- Chapter 8 Evolving Happiness (p. 101)
- Chapter 9 Forecasting Happiness (p. 115)
- Chapter 10 Becoming Happier (p. 129)
- Part III Some Questions about Happiness
- Chapter 11 The Artifice of Happiness (p. 145)
- Chapter 12 Against Happiness (p. 159)
- Chapter 13 Exploring Happiness (p. 167)
- Chapter 14 Afterthoughts (p. 179)
- Notes (p. 189)
- References (p. 195)
- Index (p. 201)