This book offers an original account of the good life in late
modernity through a uniquely sociological lens. It considers the
various ways that social and cultural factors can encourage or
impede genuine efforts to live a good life by deconstructing the
concepts of happiness and contentment within cultural narratives of
the good life. While empirical studies have dominated the discourse
on happiness in recent decades, the emphasis on finding causal and
correlational relationships has led to a field of research that
arguably lacks a reliable theoretical foundation. Deconstructing
Happiness offers a step toward developing that foundation by
offering characteristically sociological perspectives on the
contemporary fascination with happiness and well-being. In doing
so, it seeks to understand the good life as a socially mediated
experience rather than a purely personal or individually defined
way of living. The outcome is a book on happiness, contentment and
the good life that considers the influence of democracy, capitalism
and progress, while also focusing on the more theoretical
challenges of self-knowledge, reason and interaction.
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