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Why are lovers quicker to forgive theri partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people pay to regain their sight? Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of ge…
Forfatteren går imod begrebet positiv tænkning og mener at kun ved at erkende og undersøge fejl, tab og ulykkelighed kan man acceptere sig selv og komme fri
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences. Brings together the work of the top global researchers…
This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. Author David DiSalvo present…
Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness
This study argues that the Western concern with achieving happiness should be understood in terms of its relationship to the political ideologies that have emerged since the Enlightenment. Each chapter examines the place that happiness occupies in the construction of ideologies …
Overvejelser om begrebet lykke, om hvordan det er blevet behandlet i filosofisk tanke og skrift gennem tiden
A practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy, including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courage
'The Book of Joy' is the first ever collaboration between the two Nobel Peace Prize laureates. The book will comprise answers to questions posed to the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu via their Facebook pages; the pair will answer a selection of them with writer Douglas A…
The world has reached unprecedented levels of wealth, but while we have succeeded in getting richer, we have failed in getting happier. While many people live lives of quiet desperation, a few people find themselves at the very top of the scale when it comes to happiness. Their …