Perspectives on Happiness

Concepts, Conditions and Consequences
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38291-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 121, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

Happiness is a challenging, multifaceted topic, which obviously calls for an interdisciplinary approach. This work is a collection of papers which explores the phenomenon of happiness from a variety of angles, and from both theoretical and practical perspectives. They deal with the general nature and conditions of happiness, methods and measures for studying happiness, the consequences of happiness policies and discourses and the significance of specific factors, like landscapes or educational environments, for happiness. Some of the papers investigate the thoughts of ancient, 19th-century or 20th-century philosophers. Others employ theories and techniques from contemporary psychology to get a firmer grip on the elusive phenomenon of happiness.

Contributors include Ranjeeta Basu, Valeriu Budeanu, Sarah A. Bushey, Mustafa Cihan Camci, Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh, Carolina Escobar-Tello, Julia Hotz, Søren Harnow Klausen, Kathy Pui Ying Lo, Andrea-Mariana Marian, Bryon Martin, Andrew Molas, Sean Moran, Liza Ortiz, Shelomi Panditharatne, Sheila M. Rucki, Jane Russel-O’Connor and Marie Thomas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klausen, Søren Harnow

Martin, Bryon

Camci, Mustafa Cihan

Bushey, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Søren Harnow Klausen, Bryon Martin, Cihan Camci and Sarah Bushey
1 Happiness in the Routine of Everyday Life
Cihan Camci
2 Against ‘Feeling Good’: Aristotle’s Concept of Happiness (eudaimonia)
A. Erdem Çifçi
3 Utility, Liberty, and the State’s Duty to Promote Flourishing
Andrew Molas
4 What Makes College Students Happy? A Day Reconstruction Study
Ranjeeta Basu and Marie D. Thomas
5 Hegemonic Systems and the Politics of Happiness: the Fairy Tale as Ideology
Sheila M. Rucki and Lisa Ortiz
6 Using Art Therapy Techniques to Explore Home Life Happiness
Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh, Carolina Escobar-Tello and Kathy Pui Ying Lo
7 What Is the Good Life: an Overview of the ‘Good Life’ at the University of Florida
Sarah Bushey
8 The Vocation Fulfilment: a Driver for Happiness at Work
Andrea- Mariana Marian and Valeriu Budeanu
9 Classic Cars and Happiness: a Profile of Participants and Their Family, Community and Cultural Health
Bryon Martin
10 Happiness and the Structure and Dynamics of Human Life
Søren Harnow Klausen
11 Quo Vadis: Fullness or Emptiness in the Pursuit of Happiness?
Robert D. Hermanson
12 Earthly Happiness and Heavenly Happiness
Seán Moran
13 Happiness in Higher Education in Hong Kong: an Anthropology Study
Kelly K. L. Chan
14 Re- Embracing Simplicity: An Exploration of Epicurean Happiness
Julia Hotz
15 The Subjective Well- Being of Married Women In and Out of the Workforce in Sri Lanka
Ann Shelomi Panditharatne
16 The Sublime Landscape
Jane Russell-O’Connor
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Søren Harnow Klausen is Professor of Philosophy at University of Southern Denmark. He has published on a wide variety of philosophical and interdisciplinary topics, including happiness, philosophy of mind, philosophy of literature, ethics and social epistemology.

Bryon Martin is an Assistant Professor of Recreation at Henderson State University, (Arkansas, USA). He has published and presented teaching strategies and research internationally in the areas of vintage cars, boating, wheelchair sports, sports officiating, sport violence, recreation in primary schools and recreation as a tool for social capital.

Mustafa Cihan Camci is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Akdeniz University, Department of Gerontology. His current interests are philosophy of art, philosophy of time, literature, and aging. Camci’s publications, both Turkish and English, are mainly on existential philosophy, particularly the impact of Heideggerian thought on modern Turkish cinema and literature.

Sarah A. Bushey graduated from the University of Florida (USA) and taught at the same institution from 2015-2018. She holds degrees in music education, performance and music history. Dr. Bushey has taught classes in music history, American musical theatre and general humanities. She now resides in her hometown in the state of Maine where she owns and operates a bakery.