Happiness : a history / Darrin M. McMahon.
By: McMahon, Darrin M.
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BookPublisher: New York : Grove Press, c2006Description: xvi, 544 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0802142893 (pbk.); 9780802142894 (pbk.).Subject(s): Happiness -- History | Happiness -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 170
Contents:
Introduction : the tragedy of happiness -- The highest good -- Perpetual felicity -- From heaven to earth -- Self-evident truths -- A modern rite -- Questioning the evidence -- Liberalism and its discontents -- Building happy worlds -- Joyful science -- Conclusion : happy ending.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-528) and index.
Introduction : the tragedy of happiness -- The highest good -- Perpetual felicity -- From heaven to earth -- Self-evident truths -- A modern rite -- Questioning the evidence -- Liberalism and its discontents -- Building happy worlds -- Joyful science -- Conclusion : happy ending.
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