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The Happiness Agenda [[electronic resource] ] : A Modern Obsession / / by S. Burnett



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Autore: Burnett S Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Happiness Agenda [[electronic resource] ] : A Modern Obsession / / by S. Burnett Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 pages)
Disciplina: 152.42
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Soggetto topico: Personnel management
Leadership
Behavioral economics
Sociology
Industrial psychology
Human Resource Management
Business Strategy/Leadership
Behavioral/Experimental Economics
Sociology, general
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Classificazione: BUS085000BUS097000PSY021000SOC026000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Explores 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The Happiness Agenda  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9780230348417
1-283-36051-9
9786613360519
0-230-34841-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789719203321
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