Deconstructing happiness : critical sociology and the good life /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2016
New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016 |
| Series: | Routledge studies in social and political thought ;
109 |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: thinking critically about happiness
- An introduction to the sociology of happiness : revisiting the classics
- Happiness, sadness, and contentment in the sociology of emotion
- Reason, self-understanding and autonomy in the pursuit of happiness
- From freud to bauman : a modern history of discontentment
- Democracy, economics and the public sphere : if money won't buy happiness, who should we vote for?
- Knowing happiness and contentment : the good life as a hermeneutic exercise
- Conclusion
- Index
- Introduction: Thinking critically about happiness
- An introduction to the sociology of happiness: revisiting the classics
- Happiness, sadness and contentment in the sociology of emotion
- Reason, self-understanding and autonomy in the pursuit of happiness
- From Freud to Bauman: a modern history of discontentment
- Democracy, economics and the public sphere: if money won't buy happiness, who should we vote for?
- Knowing happiness and contentment: the good life as a hermeneutic exercise
- Conclusion