Sustainable Hedonism

A Thriving Life that Does Not Cost the Earth

Orsolya Lelkes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2021
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-1798-8 (ISBN)

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Drawing on modern science and ancient Greek philosophy, this book calls on us to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection.

How can we create a thriving life for us all that doesn’t come at the price of ecological destruction?
This book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection.
Drawing on science and ancient Greek philosophers the author details how we can cultivate our skills for enjoying life without harming ourselves or others, and can live an autonomous, creative and connected life. Complementary to our intellectual understanding, the experiential method of role play and theatre can powerfully facilitate the exploration of the inner drivers and hindrances of a thriving life.

Orsolya Lelkes is an independent scholar and psychological counsellor, former Deputy Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna and former Head of Economic Research at Hungarian Ministry of Finance. Her website can be found at https://lelkes.at/en/orsolya-lelkes/

Introduction: Is There Anyone Who Does Not Want to Thrive?
PART I: The Challenge
1 Unintended Consequences of Economics as a Science
2 The Narrative of Success in Capitalism, and Its Failures
PART II: What Is a Good Life?
3 Pleasure, Joy, Satisfaction, Purpose: Refining Our Quest for Happiness
4 Sustainable Hedonism
5 A Flourishing Life: Living Well and Doing Well
6 Values in an Era of Free Choice
PART III: How Do We Get There?
7 The Laboratory of the Flourishing Life: Serious Change Can Be Playful
8 Inner Agents and Saboteurs of the Good Life: Role Theory
Conclusions: Flourishing Life in the World

Erscheinungsdatum	20.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	2 Halftones, black and white; 8 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-5292-1798-9 / 1529217989
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-1798-8 / 9781529217988
Zustand	Neuware