Book Review: The Pursuit of Human Well-Being - The Untold Global History.

Authors

  • Neil Thin University of Edinburgh
  • Margarita Tarragona Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City Grupo Campos Elíseos, Mexico City PositivaMente Margarita Tarragona
  • Paul Wong
  • Rebecca J. Jarden Auckland University of Technology
  • Jonathan Bartholomaeus South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
  • Aaron Jarden Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, Head of Research at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at SAHMRI.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v7i1.636

Keywords:

Philosophy, happiness, meaning, psychology

Abstract

It’s hard enough to summarise an individual’s diverse experiences of wellbeing coherently, let alone summarise a nation. It’s a whole lot harder to offer comprehensive coverage of objective and subjective wellbeing worldwide, and harder still to combine this with historical depth and detailed cultural analysis. This collection therefore wins the prize for being the most ambitious collection on wellbeing to date.

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Published

2017-06-08

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Book Reviews

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