Pursuits of Happiness

Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

292 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being-defined as "the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society"-and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the Canadian north, to India, China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781845454487
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2008
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Carolina Izquierdo, Gordon Mathews