Carl Cederström is Associate Professor at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, and the co-author or co-editor of six books, including The Wellness Syndrome. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, and The Atlantic.
In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a desire to be "authentic", to experience physical pleasure, and to cultivate a quirky individuality. But over the last fifty years, these once-revolutionary ideas have been co-opted by corporations and advertisers, pushing us to live lives that are increasingly unfulfilling, insecure and narcissistic.
In an age of increasing austerity and social division, Cederström argues that a radical new dream of happiness is gathering pace. There is a vision of the good life which promotes deeper engagement with the world and our place within it, over the individualism and hedonism of previous generations. Guided by this more egalitarian worldview, we can reinvent ourselves and our societies.
發表於2024-11-20
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『2020 no.3』Warning: it’s not a handbook to miraculously land you on a path to eternal joy; instead, it’s an overview of the evolution of “happiness” defined in the Western society since 1920. It’s ironic to see how “authenticity and sexuality” developed from the resistance to mainstream society to a tool with which Trump ascended to presidency.
評分『2020 no.3』Warning: it’s not a handbook to miraculously land you on a path to eternal joy; instead, it’s an overview of the evolution of “happiness” defined in the Western society since 1920. It’s ironic to see how “authenticity and sexuality” developed from the resistance to mainstream society to a tool with which Trump ascended to presidency.
評分『2020 no.3』Warning: it’s not a handbook to miraculously land you on a path to eternal joy; instead, it’s an overview of the evolution of “happiness” defined in the Western society since 1920. It’s ironic to see how “authenticity and sexuality” developed from the resistance to mainstream society to a tool with which Trump ascended to presidency.
評分『2020 no.3』Warning: it’s not a handbook to miraculously land you on a path to eternal joy; instead, it’s an overview of the evolution of “happiness” defined in the Western society since 1920. It’s ironic to see how “authenticity and sexuality” developed from the resistance to mainstream society to a tool with which Trump ascended to presidency.
評分『2020 no.3』Warning: it’s not a handbook to miraculously land you on a path to eternal joy; instead, it’s an overview of the evolution of “happiness” defined in the Western society since 1920. It’s ironic to see how “authenticity and sexuality” developed from the resistance to mainstream society to a tool with which Trump ascended to presidency.
The Happiness Fantasy 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載