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An Interdependent Approach to Happiness and Well-Being
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Cham: Springer Nature; Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
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Abstract
- This open access book examines an interdependent approach to happiness and well-being, one that contrasts starkly with dominant approaches that have originated from Western culture(s). It highlights the diversity of potential pathways towards happiness and well-being globally, and answers calls - voiced in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals - for more socially and environmentally sustainable models. Leading global organizations including the OECD, UNICEF, and UNESCO are now proposing human happiness and well-being as a more sustainable alternative to a myopic focus on GDP growth. Yet, the definition of well-being offered by these organizations derives largely from the philosophies, social sciences, and institutional patterns of Europe and the United States. Across seven chapters this book carefully probes the inadequacy of these approaches to well-being globally and reveals the distorting effect this has on how we imagine our world, organize institutions, and plan our collective future(s). It shares a wealth of evidence and examples from across East Asia - a region where interdependence remains foregrounded - and concludes by provocatively arguing that interdependence may provide a more sustainable approach to happiness and well-being in the 21st century. A timely and accessible book, it offers fresh insights for scholars and policymakers working in the areas of psychology, health, sociology, education, international development, public policy, and philosophy. This is an open access book.
- Subjects :
- Interdependent Well-Being
happiness studies
well-being
sociology of happiness
international education
collectivist cultures
East Asia
happiness and sustainability
Individual differences in happiness and well-being
interdependent approach to happiness
the Japanese self
cultural difference model
culturally sensitive models of happiness
Culture and Happiness
emotion
indices of happiness and well-being
Happiness and Measurement
bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMH Social, group or collective psychology
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMA Psychological theory & schools of thought::JMAN Humanistic psychology
bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration
bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMJ Clinical psychology
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- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 978-3-031-26260-9
978-3-031-26259-3
3-031-26260-3
3-031-26259-X - ISBNs :
- 9783031262609, 9783031262593, 3031262603, and 303126259X
- Database :
- OAPEN Library
- Notes :
- ONIX_20231213_9783031262609_7, , https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-26260-9
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- edsoap.20.500.12657.86102
- Document Type :
- book
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26260-9