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In this book, Tal Ben-Shahar introduces a new interdisciplinary field of study that is dedicated to exploring happiness. The study of happiness ought not be left to psychologists alone. Philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists, and scholars from other disciplines have explored ways of attaining happiness, and to do justice to this important pursuit, we ought to listen to their words and experiment with their prescriptions. Not only does the field of happiness studies embrace different disciplines, it also approaches happiness as a multifaceted and multidimensional variable that includes five parts which form the acronym SPIRE:

  • Spiritual wellbeing
  • Physical wellbeing
  • Intellectual wellbeing
  • Relational wellbeing
  • Emotional wellbeing

This book addresses each of these elements of happiness, explains them, and addresses practical ways for their cultivation.



Table of Contents

Part I Introducing Happiness Studies

1 Why Happiness Studies?

2 Happiness as Wholebeing

3 The SPIRE of Happiness

4 The Twelve Principles of Happiness

5 Enter the Matrix

Part II Applying Happiness Studies

6 In the Workplace

7 In Schools

8 In Society

9 Toward a Happiness Revolution

Happiness Studies: An Introduction

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      Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Published 5 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9783030648688
      978-3030648688
      ISBN-10 3030648680
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Positive psychology Social and political philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this book, Tal Ben-Shahar introduces a new interdisciplinary field of study that is dedicated to exploring happiness. The study of happiness ought not be left to psychologists alone. Philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists, and scholars from other disciplines have explored ways of attaining happiness, and to do justice to this important pursuit, we ought to listen to their words and experiment with their prescriptions. Not only does the field of happiness studies embrace different disciplines, it also approaches happiness as a multifaceted and multidimensional variable that includes five parts which form the acronym SPIRE:

      • Spiritual wellbeing
      • Physical wellbeing
      • Intellectual wellbeing
      • Relational wellbeing
      • Emotional wellbeing

      This book addresses each of these elements of happiness, explains them, and addresses practical ways for their cultivation.



      Table of Contents

      Part I Introducing Happiness Studies

      1 Why Happiness Studies?

      2 Happiness as Wholebeing

      3 The SPIRE of Happiness

      4 The Twelve Principles of Happiness

      5 Enter the Matrix

      Part II Applying Happiness Studies

      6 In the Workplace

      7 In Schools

      8 In Society

      9 Toward a Happiness Revolution

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