Pursuits of Happiness Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective |
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| Editor:
| Mathews, Gordon
Izquierdo, Carolina |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84545-448-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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Anthropology has long shied away from examining how humanbeings 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, acommunity, and a society and the comparison of well-beingwithin and across societies is a new and important ......
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how humanbeings 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, acommunity, and a society and the comparison of well-beingwithin and across societies is a new and important ......