Pursuits of Happiness : Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective.

Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-beingdefined as "the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society"and the comparison of well-being within...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Mathews, Gordon
Other Authors:	Izqueirdo, Carolina
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2008.
Subjects:	Quality of life > Cross-cultural studies. Well-being > Cross-cultural studies. Happiness > Cross-cultural studies. Anthropology > Philosophy. Anthropology > Philosophy Happiness Quality of life Well-being Cross-cultural studies