Happier? provides the first history of the origins, development, and impact of the shift in how Americans - and now many around the world - consider the human condition. This change, which came about from the fusing of beliefs and knowledge from Eastern spiritual traditions, behavioral economics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and cognitive psychology, has been led by scholars and academic entrepreneurs, in play with forces such as neoliberalism and cultural conservatism, and a public eager for self-improvement. ...
Read More
Happier? provides the first history of the origins, development, and impact of the shift in how Americans - and now many around the world - consider the human condition. This change, which came about from the fusing of beliefs and knowledge from Eastern spiritual traditions, behavioral economics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and cognitive psychology, has been led by scholars and academic entrepreneurs, in play with forces such as neoliberalism and cultural conservatism, and a public eager for self-improvement. Ultimately, the book illuminates how positive psychology, one of the most influential academic fields of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, infused American culture with captivating promises for a happier society.
Read Less
Add this copy of Happier? : the History of a Cultural Movement That to cart. $1.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Oxford University Press, USA.
Add this copy of Happier? : the History of a Cultural Movement That to cart. $3.90, very good condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skokie, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Oxford University Press, USA.
Add this copy of Happier? : the History of a Cultural Movement That to cart. $25.77, new condition, Sold by Books International rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2017 by Oxford University Press, USA.
Add this copy of Happier?: The History of a Cultural Movement That to cart. $27.80, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2017 by Oxford University Press, USA.
Add this copy of Happier? : the History of a Cultural Movement That to cart. $45.04, new condition, Sold by Blackwell's rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by OUP USA.
