The Happiness Agenda: A Modern Obsession

by Simon Burnett

Book Overview

Explores why contemporary Anglo-American society is obsessed with happiness. Striving to be happy is now a morally imperative pursuit. Through the lens of novel social theory, this book explicates how this has transpired as consequence of a complex 'conspiracy of coordination' between political, organisational and psychological developments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349331023
• ISBN13: 9781349331024
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"