Perpetual Euphoria : On the Duty to Be Happy /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bruckner, Pascal
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Happiness > Social aspects.
Happiness.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Bonheur > Aspect social.
Bonheur > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Bonheur > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Happiness > History > 20th century.
Happiness > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 liberating principle of the Enlightenment--the right to pursue happiness--become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? How did we become unhappy about not being happy--and what might we do to escape this predicament? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions wit.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400835973

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