Happiness A History

Name: Happiness A History
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ISBN: 9780802142894

ISBN-10: 0802142893

ISBN-13: 9780802142894

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Authors: Darrin M. McMahon

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Darrin M. McMahon's sweeping new book, chronicling the evolution of happiness over two thousand years of Western culture and thought, argues that our modern belief in happiness -- that happiness is a natural right -- is a relatively recent development. It is a product of a dramatic revolution in human expectations carried out since the eighteenth century. Central to the development of Christianity, ideas of happiness assumed their modern form during the Enlightenment, when men and women were first introduced to the novel prospect that they could -- in fact should -- be happy in this life as opposed to the hereafter. Ultimately, the Enlightenment's recognition of happiness as a motivating…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English