9780802142894-0802142893-Happiness: A History

Happiness: A History

ISBN-13: 9780802142894
ISBN-10: 0802142893
Edition: First Trade Paper
Author: Darrin M. McMahon
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Grove Press
Format: Paperback 560 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780802142894
ISBN-10: 0802142893
Edition: First Trade Paper
Author: Darrin M. McMahon
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Grove Press
Format: Paperback 560 pages

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Happiness: A History (ISBN-13: 9780802142894 and ISBN-10: 0802142893), written by authors Darrin M. McMahon, was published by Grove Press in 2006. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Psychology & Counseling (Historical Study & Educational Resources, Civilization & Culture, World History, General, Psychology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Happiness: A History (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Psychology & Counseling books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.51.

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Today, human beings tend to think of happiness as a natural right. But they haven’t always felt this way. For the ancient Greeks, happiness meant virtue. For the Romans, it implied prosperity and divine favor. For Christians, happiness was synonymous with God. Throughout history, happiness has been equated regularly with the highest human calling, the most perfect human state. Yet it’s only within the past two hundred years that human beings have begun to think of happiness as not just an earthly possibility but also as an earthly entitlement, even an obligation. In this sweeping new book, historian Darrin M. McMahon argues that our modern belief in happiness is the product of a dramatic revolution in human expectations carried out since the eighteenth century.
In the tradition of works by Peter Gay and Simon Schama, Happiness draws on a multitude of sources, including art and architecture, poetry and scripture, music and theology, and literature and myth, to offer a sweeping intellectual history of man’s most elusive yet coveted goal.

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