Overview
- Connects desire to flourishing, character education and positive psychology
- Explores a range of approaches to the relationship between desire and will, thought, and emotions
- Provides highly relevant multidisciplinary research for psychologists, educators and ethicists
Part of the book series: Positive Education (POED)
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Key Concepts of Education of Desire
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Fundamental Authors on Education of Desire
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About this book
This book discusses the concept of desire as a positive factor in human growth and flourishing. All human decision-making is preceded by some kind of desire, and we act upon desires by either rejecting or following them. It argues that our views on and expressions of desire in various facets of life and through time have differed according to how human beings are taught to desire. Therefore, the concept has tremendous potential to affect human beings positively and to enable personal growth. Though excellent research has been done on the concepts of flourishing, character education and positive psychology, no other work has linked the concept of desire to all of these topics. Featuring key references, explanations of central concepts, and significant practical applications of desire to various fields of human thought and action, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of positive psychology, positive education, moral philosophy, and virtue ethics.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Magdalena Bosch is a Titular University Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and holds the position of Agregada in the field of moral thought at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). She teaches ethics in the humanities and business faculties at her university. She studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona, and holds a PhD in the theory of knowledge and metaphysics from the same university. Throughout her academic career, she has studied aspects of desire from a range of different standpoints: freedom, emotions, aesthetics, Romanticism, motivation, happiness and pro-social attitudes. She has published numerous articles in international journals; several book chapters; and five books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Desire and Human Flourishing
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Positive Psychology, Moral Education and Virtue Ethics
Editors: Magdalena Bosch
Series Title: Positive Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47001-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47000-5Published: 24 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47003-6Published: 25 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47001-2Published: 23 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2468-0273
Series E-ISSN: 2468-0281
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 451
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Positive Psychology, Ethics, Educational Philosophy