Perpetual Euphoria : On the Duty to Be Happy /
Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion--one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés Francés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Life as a dream and a lie
- The golden age and after?
- The disciplines of beatitude
- The bittersweet saga of dullness
- The extremists of routine
- Real life is not absent
- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre"
- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others
- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back!
- The crime of suffering
- Impossible wisdom
- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant.