On Happiness
New Ideas for the Twenty-First Century
- Paperback
226 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2015
Summary
What is happiness, and how does the pursuit of happiness shape our lives? Happiness appears to be a simple emotion, individual and pleasurable, yet the problems associated with happiness in politics, economics and philosophy suggest that it is perhaps more complex and paradoxical than we first thought.
This eclectic collection of essays interrogates the ‘common sense’ understanding of happiness in the West and examines the strategies devised to obtain it. Without disposing of the co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742586076 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742586074 |
| Author: | Camilla Nelson, Deborah Pike, Georgina Ledvinka |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWAP |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 226 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
Camilla Nelson
Camilla Nelson is the head of Media, Writing, and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She is the author of a wide range of scholarly and journalistic essays, three edited collections, and two novels. Her awards include the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists, the Ned Kelly shortlist and a Walkley Award – Best Online Media for her work at the Sydney Morning Herald. Camilla writes regularly for The Conversation on gender, writing and popular culture.
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