The Happiness Industry - How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
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| Verlag | Verso Books |
| Auflage | 2016 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 13,0 x 19,7 x 2,0 cm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1784780952 |
| EAN | 9781784780951 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78478095UA |
What was a Buddhist monk doing at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos lecturing the world's leaders on mindfulness? Why do many successful corporations have a 'chief happiness officer'? What can the chemical composition of your brain tell a potential employer about you? In the past decade, governments and corporations have become increasingly interested in measuring the way people feel: 'the Happiness index', 'Gross National Happiness', 'well-being' and positive psychology have come to dominate the way we live our lives. As a result, our emotions have become a new resource to be bought and sold.
In a fascinating investigation combining history, science and ideas, William Davies shows how well-being influences all aspects of our lives: business, finance, marketing and smart technology. This book will make you rethink everything from the way you work, the power of the 'Nudge', the ever-expanding definitions of depression, and the commercialization of your most private feeling s. The Happiness Industry is a shocking and brilliantly argued warning about the new religion of the age: our emotions.
Rezension:
Deeply researched and pithily argued, Davies's work is a welcome corrective to the glut of semi-scientific happiness books that have become so popular in business and management circles, and which rarely, if ever, acknowledge the larger ideological goals of workplace well-being. New York Magazine
