Author: Piet BeiskuizenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Industry of human happiness
Author: Piet BeiskuizenThe Industry of human happiness
Author: International Federation of the Phonographic IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gramophone in education
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Industry of Human Happiness. Published as a Book of Commemoration by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
Author: International Federation of the Phonographic IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Happiness Industry
Author: William DaviesPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781688478
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
“Deeply researched and pithily argued.” —New York Magazine “A brilliant, and sometimes eerie, dissection” of ‘the science of happiness’ and the modern-day commercialization of our most private emotions (Vice) Why are we so obsessed with measuring happiness? In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at Davos on the importance of Happiness. The recent DSM-5, the manual of all diagnosable mental illnesses, for the first time included shyness and grief as treatable diseases. Happiness has become the biggest idea of our age, a new religion dedicated to well-being. Here, political economist William Davies shows how this philosophy, first pronounced by Jeremy Bentham in the 1780s, has dominated the political debates that have delivered neoliberalism. From a history of business strategies of how to get the best out of employees, to the increased level of surveillance measuring every aspect of our lives; from why experts prefer to measure the chemical in the brain than ask you how you are feeling, to why Freakonomics tells us less about the way people behave than expected, The Happiness Industry is an essential guide to the marketization of modern life. Davies shows that the science of happiness is less a science than an extension of hyper-capitalism.
A Lecture on Human Happiness
Author: John GrayThe Industry of Human Happiness
Author: James HallPublisher: Eye & Lightning Books
ISBN: 1785630814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A tale of love, murder and obsession in the early days of recorded sound. Set in the murky backstage world of late Victorian theatreland, The Industry of Human Happiness is about the obsessive characters who dreamed of bringing recorded music to the masses. Max and his younger cousin Rusty have a vision of launching the gramophone industry from a Covent Garden basement. But a renowned opera singer is brutally murdered in his hotel bed and they are thrust into the underworld of opium dens, brothels and extortion. Ghosts from the past and a contested inheritance turn the cousins against each other, and they go head-to-head to launch rival talking machines. With Max's sweetheart, the ambitious singer Delilah Green, caught in the middle, the pair battle rival manufacturers, London theatre owners and, ultimately, each other, for their very futures. This is a story of obsession, the pursuit of love and the enduring magic of music.
The Industry of Human Happiness
Author: Fédération internationale de l'industrie phonographiquePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 0
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The Industry of human happiness
Author: Piet BeiskuizenHuman Happiness and the Pursuit of Maximization
Author: Hilke BrockmannPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400766092
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book tests the critical potential of happiness research to evaluate contemporary high-performance societies. These societies, defined as affluent capitalist societies, emphasize competition and success both institutionally and culturally. Growing affluence improves life in many ways, for a large number of people. We lead longer, safer, and more comfortable lives than previous generations. But we also live faster, and are competition-toughened, like top athletes. As a result, we suspect limits and detect downsides of our high-speed lives. The ubiquitous maximization principle opens up a systematic gateway to the pleasures and pains of contemporary life. Using happiness as a reference point, this book explores the philosophical and empirical limits of the maximization rule. It considers the answer to questions such as: Precisely, why did the idea of (economic) maximization gain so much ground in our Western way of thinking? When, and in which life domains, does maximization work, when does it fail? When do qualities and when do quantities matter? Does maximization yield a different (un)happiness dividend in different species, cultures, and societies?
The industry of human happiness
Author: Piet BeishuizenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phonograph
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description