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Gordon Mathews
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Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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272 |
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2008-10-01 |
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1845454480 |
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Berghahn Books |
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1.25 pounds |
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Product Description
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being defined as the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the Canadian north, to India, China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.
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http://bookmooch.com/1845454480 |
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