Against happiness
著者
書誌事項
Against happiness
Columbia University Press, c2023
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-331) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The "happiness agenda" is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice.
Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, this book provides both theoretical and empirical analysis of the limitations of the happiness agenda. The authors emphasize that this movement draws on a parochial, Western-centric philosophical basis and demographic sample. They show that happiness defined as subjective satisfaction or a surplus of positive emotions bears little resemblance to the richer and more nuanced concepts of the good life found in many world traditions. Cross-cultural philosophy, comparative theology, and social and cultural psychology all teach that cultures and subcultures vary in how much value they place on life satisfaction or feeling happy. Furthermore, the ideas promoted by the happiness agenda can compete with rights, justice, sustainability, and equality-and even conceal racial and gender injustice.
Against Happiness argues that a better way forward requires integration of cross-cultural philosophical, ethical, and political thought with critical social science. Ultimately, the authors contend, happiness should be a secondary goal-worth pursuing only if it is contingent on the demands of justice.
目次
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Happiness Philosophy and Happiness Science
1. Introduction: The Happiness Agenda
2. Varieties of Theories and Measures of Well-Being and Happiness
3. How Should We Think About the Emotion of Happiness Scientifically? Lessons from the Science of Fear
4. Why Averaging Happiness Scores and Comparing Them Is a Terrible Idea
Part II: Culture and Happiness
5. Positive and Negative Emotions: Culture, Content, and Context
6. Happiness and Well-Being as Cultural Projects: Immigration, Biculturalism, Cultural Belonging
7. Happiness and Well-Being in Contemporary China
Part III: Race, Racism, Resignation
8. Happiness, Race, and Hermeneutical Justice: The Case of African American Mental Health
9. Interpreting Self-Reports of Well-Being
Part IV: Conclusions
10. Recommendations for Policy Use of Happiness Metrics
11. Universal Rights, Sustainable Development, and Happiness: Two out of Three Ain't Bad
Part V: Responses by Four Critics
12. On Ersatz Happiness, by Jennifer A. Frey
13. Why the Analysis and Assessment of Happiness Matters, by Hazel Rose Markus
14. Three out of Three Is Better, by Jeffrey D. Sachs
15. What the Gallup World Poll Could Do to Deepen Our Understanding of Happiness in Different Cultures, by Jeanne L. Tsai
Notes
References
Index
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