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The Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Sara Ahmed
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-06
The Promise Of Happiness written by Sara Ahmed and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-06 with Philosophy categories.
The Promise of Happiness is a provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy. It asks what follows when we make our desires and even our own happiness conditional on the happiness of others: “I just want you to be happy”; “I’m happy if you’re happy.” Combining philosophy and feminist cultural studies, Sara Ahmed reveals the affective and moral work performed by the “happiness duty,” the expectation that we will be made happy by taking part in that which is deemed good, and that by being happy ourselves, we will make others happy. Ahmed maintains that happiness is a promise that directs us toward certain life choices and away from others. Happiness is promised to those willing to live their lives in the right way. Ahmed draws on the intellectual history of happiness, from classical accounts of ethics as the good life, through seventeenth-century writings on affect and the passions, eighteenth-century debates on virtue and education, and nineteenth-century utilitarianism. She engages with feminist, antiracist, and queer critics who have shown how happiness is used to justify social oppression, and how challenging oppression causes unhappiness. Reading novels and films including Mrs. Dalloway, The Well of Loneliness, Bend It Like Beckham, and Children of Men, Ahmed considers the plight of the figures who challenge and are challenged by the attribution of happiness to particular objects or social ideals: the feminist killjoy, the unhappy queer, the angry black woman, and the melancholic migrant. Through her readings she raises critical questions about the moral order imposed by the injunction to be happy.
Only A Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Alexander Nehamas
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-17
Only A Promise Of Happiness written by Alexander Nehamas and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-17 with Art categories.
This book imparts the fundamental legal understanding required for the purchase and sale of marketing rights for publishing house products. The aim is to enable the reader to competently deal with publishing contracts of every kind. Specific areas of focus include classic copyright and publishing law, the role of collecting societies, issues related to subsidiary rights and their exploitation, as well as questions regarding royalties.
The Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Justin Cartwright
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Release Date : 2007-07-10
The Promise Of Happiness written by Justin Cartwright and has been published by Bloomsbury USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-10 with Fiction categories.
"A beautifully observed, emotionally detailed novel about one family's decline and regeneration."—New York Times A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick (U.K.) Winner of 2005 Hawthornden Prize (U.K.) for Best Work of Imaginative Literature Winner of the 2005 South African Sunday Times Fiction Award The Promise of Happiness is an emotionally wrought and beautifully rendered novel about one family's attempt at reconciliation. The five members of the Judd family, reeling from a series of personal and professional blows, have each retreated into a private world. But the impending return of prodigal daughter Juliet, an art historian incarcerated in an upstate New York prison for helping to sell stolen Tiffany windows, brings the family together for the first time since her incarceration. As Juliet—once the apple of her father's eye—returns to England for her brother's wedding, the family grapples with their conflicting feelings for one another and the moral dilemmas that threaten to tear them apart.
The Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Betty Neels
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2011-03-21
The Promise Of Happiness written by Betty Neels and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-21 with Fiction categories.
"I'M NOT ATTRACTED TO THIN MICE." So stated the urbane Baron Tiele Raukema van den Eck-and as Rebecca Saunders was both thin and mouse-like, she knew exactly where she stood with him! But he had been very kind, rescuing her when she was virtually destitute. He had even found her a job-nursing his mother. The job was enjoyable and well paid, and it took her to Norway and Holland. The result was inevitable-Rebecca fell in love with the baron, and not even the presence of his girlfriend, Nina, could stop her from dreaming.
God S Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Randy Alcorn
language : en
Publisher: NavPress
Release Date : 2015-10-01
God S Promise Of Happiness written by Randy Alcorn and has been published by NavPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with Religion categories.
Think God doesn’t want you to be happy? Think again. We know that we will experience unimaginable joy and happiness in Heaven, but that doesn’t mean we can’t also experience joy and happiness here on earth. In God’s Promise of Happiness, bestselling author and noted theologian Randy Alcorn shares select passages and scripture from his latest hardcover release, Happiness, that provide insight, wisdom, and proof positive that God not only wants us to be happy, he commands it!
The Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Erin Kaye
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-07-21
The Promise Of Happiness written by Erin Kaye and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-21 with Fiction categories.
Join the McNeill family as they attempt to come together to provide the love and support that they all need – whether they know it or not. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly.
The Architecture Of Happiness
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Author : Alain de Botton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-03-29
The Architecture Of Happiness written by Alain de Botton and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-29 with Philosophy categories.
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love and The School of Life, this book explores the fascinating hidden links between the buildings we live in and our long-term wellbeing. 'Engaging and intelligent . . . Full of splendid ideas, happily and beautifully expressed' Independent What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? To answer these questions and many more, de Botton looks at buildings across the world, from medieval wooden huts to modern skyscrapers; he examines sofas and cathedrals, tea sets and office complexes, and teases out a host of often surprising philosophical insights. The Architecture of Happiness will take you on a beguiling tour through the history and psychology of architecture and interior design, and will change the way you look at your home. 'Alain de Botton takes big, complex subjects and writes about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence' Observer 'Clever, provocative and fresh as a daisy' Literary Review
The Promise Of A Pencil
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Author : Adam Braun
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-02-03
The Promise Of A Pencil written by Adam Braun and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This the story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life. The author began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who after being asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, "A pencil." This small request led to a staggering series of events that took the author backpacking through dozens of countries before eventually leaving one of the world's most prestigious jobs at Bain & Company to found Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with just $25 that has since built more than 200 schools around the world. This book chronicles the author's journey to find his calling, as each chapter explains one clear step that every person can take to turn your biggest ambitions into reality, even if you start with as little as $25. His story takes readers behind the scenes with business moguls and village chiefs, world-famous celebrities and hometown heroes. It is filled with compelling stories and shareable insights. All proceeds from this book support Pencils of Promise.
Happiness
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Author : Darrin M. McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 2006
Happiness written by Darrin M. McMahon and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
An intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal. Today, we think of happiness as a natural right, but people haven't always felt this way. Historian McMahon argues that our modern belief in happiness is a recent development, the product of a revolution in human expectations carried out since the eighteenth century. He investigates that fundamental transformation by synthesizing two thousand years of politics, culture, and thought. In ancient Greek tragedy, happiness was considered a gift of the gods. During the Enlightenment men and women were first introduced to the novel prospect that they could--in fact should--be happy in this life as opposed to the hereafter. This recognition of happiness as a motivating ideal led to its consecration in the Declaration of Independence. McMahon then shows how our modern search continues to generate new forms of pleasure, but also, paradoxically, new forms of pain.--From publisher description.
Feminist Theory Reader
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Author : Carole Ruth McCann
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
Feminist Theory Reader written by Carole Ruth McCann and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Family & Relationships categories.
Feminist Theory Reader is an anthology of classic and contemporary works of feminist theory, organized around the goal of providing both local and global perspectives.