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024 8 _a10.4324/9781003096436
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035 _a(OCoLC)1191457637
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035 _a(OCoLC-P)1191457637
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082 0 0 _a302/.14
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100 1 _aStearns, Peter N.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHappiness in world history /
_cPeter N. Stearns.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThemes in world history
520 _a"Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history, to the maturation of agricultural societies and their religious and philosophical systems, to the changes and diversities in the approach to happiness in the modern societies that began to emerge in the 18th century. In this thorough overview, Peter N. Stearns explores the interaction between psychological and historical findings about happiness, the relationship between ideas and popular experience, and the opportunity to use historical analysis to assess strengths and weaknesses of dominant contemporary notions of happiness. Starting with the advent of agriculture, the book assesses major transitions in history for patterns in happiness, including the impact of the great religions, the unprecedented Enlightenment interest in secular happiness and cheerfulness, and industrialization and imperialism. The final, contemporary section covers fascist and communist efforts to define alternatives to Western ideas of happiness, the increasing connections with consumerism, and growing global interests in defining and promoting well-being. Touching on the experiences in the major regions of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and North America, the text offers an expansive introduction to a new field of study. This book will be of interest to students of world history and the history of emotions"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _a<P>1. Introduction 2. Psychological Basics <STRONG>PART I: </STRONG>THE AGRICULTURAL AGE 3. Early Agricultural Society 4. From the Philosophers: Happiness in the Classical Period<STRONG> </STRONG>5.<STRONG> </STRONG>From the Great Religions: Happiness -- and Hope?<STRONG> </STRONG> 6.<STRONG> </STRONG>Popular Pleasures <STRONG>PART II: </STRONG>THE HAPPINESS REVOLUTION, 1700-1900 7. The Happiness Revolution in the West<STRONG> </STRONG>8. The Expansion of Happiness? The New Expectations Encounter Industrial Society<STRONG> </STRONG>9. Global Developments in the 18<SUP>th</SUP> and 19<SUP>th</SUP> Centuries<STRONG> PART III:</STRONG> HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY 10. Disputed Happiness, 1920-1945 11. Communist Happiness<STRONG> </STRONG>12. Comparing Happiness in Contemporary Societies<STRONG> </STRONG>13. Western Society in Contemporary History: Even Happier?<STRONG> </STRONG>14.<STRONG> </STRONG>Happiness Goes Global<STRONG> </STRONG>15. Conclusion</P>
588 _aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
650 0 _aHappiness
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aHappiness
_xHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY / World
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856 4 0 _3Taylor & Francis
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856 4 2 _3OCLC metadata license agreement
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