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The Pursuit of Human Well-Being - The Untold Global History (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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The Pursuit of Human Well-Being - The Untold Global History (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
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This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the
human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this
planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has
deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given
World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive
perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as
documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved.
Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some
regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents
the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as
the differences in those regions. The broad questions that the
handbook addresses include: What does well-being mean? How do
different philosophical and religious traditions interpret the
concept of well-being within their own context? Has well-being
remained the same over different historical epochs and for
different regions and subregions of the world? In which areas of
human development have we been most successful in advancing
individual and collective well-being? In which sectors has the
attainment of well-being proven most difficult? How does well-being
differ within and between different populations groups that, for a
variety of socially created reasons, have been the most
disadvantaged (e.g., children, the aged, women, the poor, racial,
ethnic, and sexual minorities)?
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