Happiness Across Cultures
Helaine Selin, Gareth Davey
Different cultures experience happiness differently. Traditionally, the West is considered materialistic, and happiness is said to come from achievement and acquisition. The East is said to be more people-oriented, where happiness is a result of deep personal interactions. Thus, poor people can be happier in the East than the West, because they are not so concerned with possession and more with society. This book considers happiness and quality of life in non-Western countries and cultures. Its coverage is diverse and spans the breadth of the non-Western world, revealing unique perspectives of happiness and life quality embedded in rich cultural traditions and histories.
سال:
2012
اشاعت:
2012
ناشر کتب:
Springer Science & Business Media
زبان:
english
صفحات:
504
ISBN 10:
9400727003
ISBN 13:
9789400727007
فائل:
PDF, 11.05 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012