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Happiness Hypothesis : Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.
Title:
Happiness Hypothesis : Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.
Author:
Haidt, Jonathan.
ISBN:
9780465003686
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents:
Praise -- ALSO BY JONATHAN HAIDT -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1 - The Divided Self -- FIRST DIVISION: MIND VS. BODY -- SECOND DIVISION: LEFT VS. RIGHT -- THIRD DIVISION: NEW VS. OLD -- FOURTH DIVISION: CONTROLLED VS. AUTOMATIC -- FAILURES OF SELF CONTROL -- MENTAL INTRUSIONS -- THE DIFFICULTY OF WINNING AN ARGUMENT -- 2 - Changing Your Mind -- THE LIKE-O-METER -- NEGATIVITY BIAS -- THE CORTICAL LOTTERY -- HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND -- 3 - Reciprocity with a Vengeance -- ULTRASOCIALITY -- YOU SCRATCH MY BACK, I'LL SCRATCH YOURS -- YOU STAB HIS BACK, I'LL STAB YOURS -- USE THE FORCE, LUKE -- 4 - The Faults of Others -- KEEPING UP APPEARANCES -- FIND YOUR INNER LAWYER -- THE ROSE-COLORED MIRROR -- I'M RIGHT -- YOU'RE BIASED -- SATAN SATISFIES -- THE MYTH OF PURE EVIL -- FINDING THE GREAT WAY -- 5 - The Pursuit of Happiness -- THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE -- THE ADAPTATION PRINCIPLE -- AN EARLY HAPPINESS HYPOTHESIS -- THE HAPPINESS FORMULA -- FINDING FLOW -- MISGUIDED PURSUITS -- THE HAPPINESS HYPOTHESIS RECONSIDERED -- 6 - Love and Attachments -- TO HAVE AND TO HOLD -- LOVE CONQUERS FEAR -- THE PROOF IS IN THE PARTING -- IT'S NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN -- LOVE AND THE SWELLED HEAD -- TWO LOVES, TWO ERRORS -- WHY DO PHILOSOPHERS HATE LOVE? -- FREEDOM CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH -- 7 - The Uses of Adversity -- POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH -- MUST WE SUFFER? -- BLESSED ARE THE SENSE MAKERS -- FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON -- ERROR AND WISDOM -- 8 - The Felicity of Virtue -- THE VIRTUES OF THE ANCIENTS -- HOW THE WEST WAS LOST -- THE VIRTUES OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY -- HARD QUESTION, EASY ANSWERS -- HARD QUESTION, HARD ANSWERS -- THE FUTURE OF VIRTUE -- 9 - Divinity With or Without God -- ARE WE NOT ANIMALS? -- THE ETHIC OF DIVINITY -- SACRED INTRUSIONS -- ELEVATION AND AGAPE -- A WE AND TRANSCENDENCE -- THE SATANIC SELF -- FLATLAND AND THE CULTURE WAR.

10 - Happiness Comes from Between -- WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? -- LOVE AND WORK -- VITAL ENGAGEMENT -- CROSS-LEVEL COHERENCE -- GOD GIVES US HIVES -- HARMONY AND PURPOSE -- THE MEANING OF LIFE -- 11 - Conclusion: On Balance -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
An award-winning psychologist examines the world's philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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