Name: The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (en Inglés)
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Author: David Malouf
ISBN: 9780307907714

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The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Pantheon

Autor

David Malouf

Año

2013

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0307907716

ISBN13

9780307907714

N° edición

Categorías

Filosofía ética y moral

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By Australia’s greatest contemporary author, an elegant, succinct meditation on what makes for a happy life. ;-)“Happiness surely is among the simplest of human emotions and the most spontaneous,” says David Malouf. But what exactly are we looking for when we chase happiness? At this particular moment in history, privileged, industrialized nations have lessened much of what makes us unhappy: widespread poverty, illness, famine. Yet we are still unfulfilled, turning increasingly to yoga, church, Match.com, drugs, clinical therapy and retail therapy. What is at the root of our collective stress, and how can we find our way to contentment? Drawing on mythology, philosophy, art and literature, Malouf traces our conception of happiness throughout history, distilling centuries of thought into a lucid narrative. He discusses the creation myths of ancient Greece and the philosophical schools of Athens, analyzes Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary declaration that “the pursuit of happiness” is a right, explores the celebration of sensual delight in Rembrandt and Rubens and offers a perceptive take on a modern society growing larger and more impersonal. With wisdom and insight, Malouf investigates that simplest, most spontaneous of feelings and urges us to do the same.