Happiness by Nettle
Everybody wants it. But what exactly is happiness? The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round. The world's largest and fastest-growing industries - alcohol, pharmaceuticals, mind altering drugs, self-help books, counselling, travel, and tourism - all profit heavily from our intent to become completely happy with our lives. In the first comprehensive book to address this most basic of human desires, Daniel Nettle explores why we want to be happy, how we assess our levels of happiness, and the different ways that happiness is interpreted in different cultures. Using statistical information from the National Child Development Study, a project that has collected social and emotional data from thousands of people since 1958, Nettle shows the ways in which definitions and sources of happiness have changed over time.
An authoritative, challenging, even profound analysis of the most up-to-date research into its subjectWinston Fletcher, THES
Daniel Nettle is a Reader in Psychology at Newcastle University's Institute for Behaviour and Evolution, with a particular interest in how evolutionary theory might shed light on current human behavior and cognition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192805584 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192805584 |
| Title | Happiness |
| Author | Nettle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2005-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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