The happiness myth : why what we think is right is wrong : a history of what really makes us happy /
Hecht, author of Doubt: A History (2003), confronts modern assumptions about what it means to be happy, investigating four factors frequently involved in happiness--drugs, money, bodies, and celebration--historically in sections on the wisdom of happiness through the ages, "good" and "...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, Calif.] :
HarperSanFrancisco,
c2007
[San Francisco] : c2007 [San Francisco] : ©2007 [San Francisco] : [2007] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | Hecht, author of Doubt: A History (2003), confronts modern assumptions about what it means to be happy, investigating four factors frequently involved in happiness--drugs, money, bodies, and celebration--historically in sections on the wisdom of happiness through the ages, "good" and "bad" drugs and telling the difference, the relationship of money and happiness, the physicality of the body, and the ritual of celebration. There are three kinds of happiness, she maintains, those roused by a good day, by euphoria, and by a happy life Historian Hecht looks at contemporary happiness advice and, with a newfound historical perspective, liberates readers from the scolding, quasi-scientific messages that insist there is a formula for happiness and offers real lessons that have stood the test of time |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 355 p. ; 24 cm viii, 355 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-340) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-340) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0060813970 9780060813970 |