The happiness hypothesis

By:

Jonathan Haidt

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Arrow Books 2007Description: 297 pISBN:

9780099478898

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

170 J6H2

Summary: This is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives. It is a book about how to construct a life of virtue, happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Useful features: Using the Happiness Hypothesis to increase your happiness. (It's not a self-help book, but you can make it one) Read chapters online Know your strengths, improve your work Participate in research on positive psychology See a lecture on happiness, at Aspen Ideas Festival (http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Nagpur General Stacks	Non-fiction	170 J6H2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMN-000909

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This is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives. It is a book about how to construct a life of virtue, happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Useful features: Using the Happiness Hypothesis to increase your happiness. (It's not a self-help book, but you can make it one) Read chapters online Know your strengths, improve your work Participate in research on positive psychology See a lecture on happiness, at Aspen Ideas Festival (http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/)

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