Regimes of Happiness

Comparative and Historical Studies

Yuri Contreras-Vejar, Joanna Tice Jen, Bryan S Turner

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Anthem Press
15 March 2019

Social theory

Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology

Regimes of Happiness is a comparative and historical analysis of how human societies have articulated and enacted distinctive notions of human fulfilment, determining divergent moral, ethical and religious traditions and incommensurate and conflicting understanding of the meaning of the 'good life'.

Presented in two parts, Regimes of Happiness provides a historical view of the way in which Western societies, the descendants of the Latin Roman Empire, created languages and institutions that established specific and occasionally antithetical conceptions of a fulfilled human life or 'happiness' in the first part. The second part explores how non-Western societies and non-Christian religions have conceived and established their own ideals of human perfection. Regimes of Happiness is a critical reflection on modern notions of happiness which are typically focused on individual feelings of pleasure.

Edited by: Yuri Contreras-Vejar, Joanna Tice Jen, Bryan S Turner
Imprint: Anthem Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781783088850
ISBN 10: 1783088850
Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 15 March 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yuri Contreras-Vejar is professor of sociology at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. He is also a member of the Committee for the Study of Religion at the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. Joanna Tice Jen is a member of the political science faculty at Las Positas College, USA. She received her PhD in political science from the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA, in 2017. Bryan S. Turner is professor of sociology at the Australian Catholic University, emeritus professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA, and honorary professor, Social Science Faculty, Potsdam University, Germany. He won the Max Planck Award in 2015.

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Comparative and Historical Studies

Yuri Contreras-Vejar, Joanna Tice Jen, Bryan S Turner

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