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Wellbeing

  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 14.5 x 20.7 x 1.2 cm

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The politics of wellbeing and the new science of happiness have shot up the agenda since Martin Seligman coined the phrase "positive psychology". After all, who does not want to live the good life? So ten years on, why is it that much of this otherwise welcome debate sounds like as much apple-pie - "work less", "earn enough", "keep fit", "find meaning", "enjoy freedoms"? The reason is not, ultimately, cynicism. Rather, it is because a central, tricky question is being glossed over: just what is wellbeing? Mark Vernon argues that positive psychology has overlooked and sidelined the ancient wisdom on wellbeing, notably from the Greek philosophers. Now is the time to pay it proper attention.Vernon shows, surprisingly, that wellbeing is not found in a focus on pleasure, or even the pursuit of happiness itself. Rather, it is a question of meaning and responding to the great challenge of our day: the search for transcendence. For at root, the life that is going well cultivates a way of life based upon love: it is that which draws you out of yourself - in friends, hopes and ultimately the contemplation of mystery - and orientates a life towards that which is good.
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  • Author

    Mark Vernon

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    August 2008

  • Weight

    214g

  • Page Count

    160

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 20.7 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781844651535

  • ISBN-10

    1844651533

  • Eden Code

    4650020

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