Happiness Studies

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-64868-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 182 g

In this book, Tal Ben-Shahar introduces a new interdisciplinary field of study that is dedicated to exploring happiness. The study of happiness ought not be left to psychologists alone. Philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists, and scholars from other disciplines have explored ways of attaining happiness, and to do justice to this important pursuit, we ought to listen to their words and experiment with their prescriptions. Not only does the field of happiness studies embrace different disciplines, it also approaches happiness as a multifaceted and multidimensional variable that includes five parts which form the acronym SPIRE:

• Spiritual wellbeing
• Physical wellbeing
• Intellectual wellbeing
• Relational wellbeing
• Emotional wellbeing

This book addresses each of these elements of happiness, explains them, and addresses practical ways for their cultivation.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Shahar, Tal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Why Happiness Studies?.- Chapter 2: Happiness as Wholebeing.- Chapter 3: The SPIRE of Happiness.- Chapter 4:The Twelve Principles of Happiness.- Chapter 5: Enter the Matrix.- Chapter 6: In the Workplace.- Chapter 7: In Schools.- Chapter 8: In Society.- Chapter 9: Toward a Happiness Revolution.

Über Autor(innen)

Tal Ben-Shahar is the cofounder of the Happiness Studies Academy and Potentialife. His previous books have been translated into more than 30 languages.