04203nam 22008535 450 991080767260332120200919152122.097802303484171-283-36051-997866133605190-230-34841-610.1057/9780230348417(CKB)2670000000127707(EBL)815859(OCoLC)767502935(SSID)ssj0000550738(PQKBManifestationID)12204453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550738(PQKBWorkID)10509179(PQKB)11142704(SSID)ssj0001658588(PQKBManifestationID)16439400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001658588(PQKBWorkID)14985413(PQKB)11724812(DE-He213)978-0-230-34841-7(MiAaPQ)EBC815859(EXLCZ)99267000000012770720151210d2012 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Happiness Agenda A Modern Obsession /by S. Burnett1st ed. 2012.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2012.1 online resource (193 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-33102-3 0-230-28956-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Modern myths; Pursuing happiness; 1 The happy adventures of capital; The culture of capital: an overview; A reflexive complexity; The power of subjects and objects; (Too) fast subjects; The cultural circuits of happiness; 2 A happy policy; An ancient problem, and its modern fix; The utility of happiness; The utility of Utility; Historians repeat each other, history repeats itself; The political need for happiness; 3 Happiness loves company; Theoretical origins; A modern-day assumption; Happy workers?Champions of the new human relations4 Positively happy; The Manhattan Project; Principles of positivity; Historical and conceptual origins; A mainstream counter-culture; 5 Happy days; Knowing happiness; The happy death of god; 6 Happiness needs practice; 7 Happy ever after?; References; IndexExplores why contemporary Anglo-American society is obsessed with happiness. Striving to be happy is now a morally imperative pursuit. Through the lens of novel social theory, this book explicates how this has transpired as consequence of a complex 'conspiracy of coordination' between political, organisational and psychological developments.Personnel managementLeadershipBehavioral economicsSociologyIndustrial psychologyHuman Resource Managementhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/517000Business Strategy/Leadershiphttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515010Behavioral/Experimental Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W54000Sociology, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000Industrial and Organizational Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20030Personnel management.Leadership.Behavioral economics.Sociology.Industrial psychology.Human Resource Management.Business Strategy/Leadership.Behavioral/Experimental Economics.Sociology, general.Industrial and Organizational Psychology.152.42302.1302/.1BUS085000BUS097000PSY021000SOC026000bisacshBurnett Sauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1691281BOOK9910807672603321The Happiness Agenda4067532UNINA