Carl Cederström: The Happiness Fantasy

Cover: 9781509523818 | The Happiness Fantasy | Carl Cederström | Taschenbuch | 200 S. | 2018

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Beschreibung

In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a desire to be "authentic", to experience physical pleasure, and to cultivate a quirky individuality. But over the last fifty years, these once-revolutionary ideas have been co-opted by corporations and advertisers, pushing us to live lives that are increasingly unfulfilling, insecure and narcissistic.

In an age of increasing austerity and social division, Cederström argues that a radical new dream of happiness is gathering pace. There is a vision of the good life which promotes deeper engagement with the world and our place within it, over the individualism and hedonism of previous generations. Guided by this more egalitarian worldview, we can reinvent ourselves and our societies.

Über den Autor

Carl Cederström is Assistant Professor at Stockholm University

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Birth of the Happiness Fantasy: In Bed with Wilhelm Reich

2 Compulsory Narcissism: Happiness in an Age of Precariousness

3 Happiness Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of the Happiness Fantasy

4 Happiness Drugs: From Space-Age Mysticism to Productivity Enhancement

5 Pleasure: A Distinctly Male Fantasy

Conclusion: Happiness after Trump

Notes

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	200 S.
ISBN-13:	9781509523818
ISBN-10:	1509523812
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	1A509523810
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cederström, Carl
Hersteller:	Polity Press
Maße:	218 x 141 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Carl Cederström
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.11.2018
Gewicht:	0,24 kg

Artikel-ID: 113663964