Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness
and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times
but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge
of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has
come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology,
neuroscience, and economics. The field has, in particular, been
galvanized by the advent of the positive psychology movement at the
turn of the century. Especially in the United States, but also in
the UK and on continental Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia,
research and courses in positive psychology are thriving. Harvard
University 's positive psychology course, for example, is currently
the most popular offering in the college 's history.
Governments and international organizations are also
increasingly engaged by notions of well-being and happiness. The
World Health Organization has recently redefined health to include
psychological well-being and many national policy-makers have begun
to recognize that measuring a nation 's success by traditional
economic values alone no longer suffices and that we need also
urgently to understand how people experience the quality of their
lives.
Beyond the academy and government, there is also immense
interest in the promotion and examination of happiness and
well-being in many professional disciplines such as coaching,
education, clinical psychology, and community-building.
As work on happiness and well-being flourishes as never before,
this new title in Psychology Press 's Major Works series, Critical
Concepts in Psychology, meets the need for an authoritative
reference work to make sense of the subject 's vast literature and
the continuing explosion in research output. Co-edited by two
leading scholars, Happiness and Well-being is a four-volume
collection of classic and contemporary contributions. Together, the
four volumes provide a one-stop resource for all interested
researchers, students, and policy-makers to gain a thorough
understanding of the field, the variety of approaches, and where
thinking on happiness and well-being is today. With comprehensive
introductions to each volume, newly written by the editors, which
place the collected material in its historical, intellectual, and
practical context, Happiness and Well-being is an essential work of
reference and a vital research tool.
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