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The Good Life - Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing (Hardcover)
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The Good Life - Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing (Hardcover)
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What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and
impoverished Maya farmers in Guatemala harvesting coffee possibly
have in common? Both groups are using the market in pursuit of the
"good life." But what exactly is the good life? How do we define
wellbeing beyond the material standards of living? While we may all
want to live the good life, we differ widely on just what that
entails. In "The Good Life," Edward Fischer examines wellbeing by
exploring very different cultural contexts in an attempt to tease
out universal notions of the good life and how best to achieve it.
Building on the work of his earlier best-selling Stanford Press
book, "Broccoli and Desire," Fischer seeks to bind his subjects
together in webs of desire and material production. Drawing from
his research in both Guatemala and Germany, this book is a richly
layered attempt to better understand the key elements of the good
life, which include aspiration, opportunity, dignity, and purpose.
"The Good Life "provides readers with fascinating on-the-ground
narratives of Germans' choices regarding the purchase of eggs and
cars, and Guatemalans' production of coffee and cocaine--things to
which people attach their aspirations and desires for a good life,
both extraordinary and mundane.
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