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- Offers a multidisciplinary reflection on a central and fundamental issue in life
- Illustrates viable and empirically grounded theories
- Reflects the astonishing increase of research on happiness and well-being
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research (BRIEFSWELLBEING)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Buddhist Egology
- Buddism as Diminishing of Suffering
- Contemplative Knowledge and Practices
- Dealing with Suffering
- Empirical Happiness Research
- Freedom and Happiness
- Happiness and Freedom
- Human Flourishing
- Life Satisfaction and Quality of Life
- Meaning of Life
- Methodological Problems in Measuring Happiness
- Methodological Problems in Measuring Life Satisfaction
- Methodological Problems in Measuring Well-Being
- Public Economy
- Well-Being and Happiness
- Wisdom Traditions
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“The present book makes a contribution to positive psychology, one that will especially interest economists, sociologists, scholars focusing on the psychology of religion, and positive psychologists. … In under 100 pages, the format seems appropriate for researchers aiming to convert a well-received conference symposium into a publication.” (Grant J. Rich, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60 (8), February, 2015)Authors and Affiliations
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University of Torino, Turin, Italy
Vincenzo Giorgino
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Pursuit of Happiness and the Traditions of Wisdom
Authors: Vincenzo Giorgino
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04744-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04743-0Published: 04 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04744-7Published: 20 March 2014
Series ISSN: 2211-7644
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7652
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 74
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Positive Psychology, Economics, general