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THE HAPPINESS INDUSTRY
HOW THE GOVERNMENT AND BIG BUSINESS SOLD US WELL-BEING |
| By: |
William Davies |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1784782726 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781784782726 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
24 April, 2015 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Why are we so interested in measuring happiness? |
| Synopsis: |
In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at Davos on the importance of Happiness. In the recent DSM 5, the charter of all diagnosable mental illnesses for the first time included shyness and grief as treatable diseases. Happiness has become the biggest idea of ourage, a new religion dedicated to well being. In this brilliant dissection of our times, political economist William Davies shows how this philosophy, first pronounced by Jeremy Bentham in the 1780s, has dominated the political debates that have delivered neoliberalism. From a history of business strategies of how to get the best out of employees, to the increased level of surveillance measuring every aspect of our lives, why experts prefer to measure the chemical in the brain than ask you how you are feeling, to why Freakonomics tells us less about the way people behave than expected, The Happiness Industry is an essential guide to the marketisation of modern life. He shows that the science of happiness is less a science than an extension of hyper capitalism. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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