The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom ,By Jonathan HaidtAssociate Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Virginia

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
By Jonathan HaidtAssociate Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Virginia

What the Critics Say

"An intellectual tour de force that weaves into one fabric wisdom that is ancient and modern, religious and scientific, Eastern and Western, liberal and conservative—all with the aim of pointing us to a more meaningful, moral, and satisfying life.”-- David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, author of Intuition: Its Powers and Perils
“For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt.”--Martin E. P. Seligman, Professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania, author of Authentic Happiness
Recent Publicity:
On the Today Show (2/28/06).
On CBC Radio-One (Canada) (4/23/06)
Reviewed in Nature (5/4/06), "the most intellectually substantial book to arise from the positive psychology movement"
Reviewed in the Times of London: "riveting..., the most humane, witty and comforting of these three books." (8/6/06)
Named one of the "Best Books of 2006" by Library Journal, and by The Seattle Times.
Video: Speaking at New Yorker 2012 conference
Useful features:
Using the Happiness Hypothesis to increase your happiness. (It's not a self-help book, but you can make it one)
Know your strengths, improve your work
Guide for teachers/professors, how to use the book in a psychology class

"I don't think I've ever read a book that laid out the comtemporary understanding of the human condition with such simple clarity and sense." (The Guardian, UK)"A delightful book...by some margin the most intellectually substantial book to arise from the 'positive psychology' movement." (Nature)"Fascinating stuff, accessibly expressed." (Booklist)
Publisher's Summary
This is a book about 10 "Great Ideas". Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives.
©2006 Jonathan Haidt; (P)2007 Gildan Media

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