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315 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822346661
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 06 April 2010
Description
The Promise of Happiness is a provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy. It asks what follows when we make our desires and even our own happiness conditional on the happiness of others: "I just want you to be happy"; "I'm happy i...
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315 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822346661
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 06 April 2010
Description
The Promise of Happiness is a provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy. It asks what follows when we make our desires and even our own happiness conditional on the happiness of others: "I just want you to be happy"; "I'm happy i...