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The happiness fantasy / Carl Cederström.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
152.42 CEDE	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .
152.42 CEDE	Adult Non Fiction		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781509523818 (paperback)
Name	Cederström, Carl, 1980- author.
Title	The happiness fantasy / Carl Cederström.
Published	Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019.
Published	©2018
Description	167 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167).
Summary	In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a desire to be "authentic", to experience physical pleasure, and to cultivate a quirky individuality. But over the last fifty years, these once-revolutionary ideas have been co-opted by corporations and advertisers, pushing us to live lives that are increasingly unfulfilling, insecure and narcissistic. In an age of increasing austerity and social division, Cederström argues that a radical new dream of happiness is gathering pace. There is a vision of the good life which promotes deeper engagement with the world and our place within it, over the individualism and hedonism of previous generations. Guided by this more egalitarian worldview, we can reinvent ourselves and our societies.
Subjects	Happiness
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Happiness . See Also: Contentment . Emotions . Joy . Mental health . Pleasure . Authors: Cederström, Carl, 1980- .