Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment

by Paul Gibbs

Book Overview

The totalising effect of consumerism, well-being and satisfaction is a discourse which may negate the value of struggle and mastery of complex subjects and a realization of personal potentiality. Published open access, Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment considers the consequences of a hedonistic and well-being centred model of student education as one of the goals of higher education and proposes an alternative goal for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135010065X
• ISBN13: 9781350100657
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"