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"Darrin M. McMahon's sweeping new book, chronicling the evolution of happiness over two thousand years of Western culture and thought, argues that our modern belief in happiness -- that happiness is a natural right -- is a relatively recent development. It is a product of a dramatic revolution in human expectations carried out since the eighteenth century. Central to the development of Christianity, ideas of happiness assumed their modern form during the Enlightenment, when men and women were first introduced to the novel prospect that they could -- in fact should -- be happy in this life as opposed to the hereafter. Ultimately, the Enlightenment's recognition of happiness as a motivating ideal led to its consecration in the Declaration of Independence and France's Declaration of the Rights of Man. McMahon follows this great pursuit through to the present day, showing how our modern search for happiness continues to generate new forms of pleasure, but also, paradoxically, new forms of pain. In the tradition of works by Peter Gay and Simon Schama, "Happiness" draws on numerous sources, including art and architecture, poetry and scripture, music and theology, literature and myth to offer a sweeping intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal."
"An intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal. Today, we think of happiness as a natural right, but people haven't always felt this way. Historian McMahon argues that our modern belief in happiness is a recent development, the product of a revolution in human expectations carried out since the eighteenth century. He investigates that fundamental transformation by synthesizing two thousand years of politics, culture, and thought. In ancient Greek tragedy, happiness was considered a gift of the gods. During the Enlightenment men and women were first introduced to the novel prospect that they could--in fact should--be happy in this life as opposed to the hereafter. This recognition of happiness as a motivating ideal led to its consecration in the Declaration of Independence. McMahon then shows how our modern search continues to generate new forms of pleasure, but also, paradoxically, new forms of pain.--From publisher description."
"Overzicht van de evolutie van het geluksbegrip in de westerse filosofische geschiedenis."

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"History"@en
"History"

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"Geluk : een geschiedenis"
"幸福的歷史"
"Una historia de la felicidad"
"幸福的历史 = Happiness : a history"
"Una historia de la felicidad"@es
"Xing fu de li shi = Happiness : a history"
"Happiness : a history"@en
"Happiness : a history"
"幸福的历史 : 人类最捉摸不定却又渴求不已的目标 = Happiness : a history"
"幸福的歷史 : 人類最捉摸不定卻又渴求不已的目標"
"Storia della felicità : dall'antichità a oggi"@it
"Storia della felicità : dall'antichità a oggi"
"Happiness"
"Xing fu de li shi : ren lei zui zhuo mo bu ding que you ke qiu bu yi de mu biao = Happiness : a history"
"Xing fu de li shi : ren lei zui zhuo mo bu ding que you ke qiu bu yi de mu biao"
"幸福的历史"
"Happiness: a history"
"Xing fu de li shi"

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