{"product_id":"happiness-flourishing-and-the-good-life-a-transformative-vision-for-human-well-being-paperback","title":"Happiness, Flourishing and the Good Life: A Transformative Vision for Human Well-Being - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGarrett Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScherto Gill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIvor Goodson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-being studies is an exciting and relatively new multi-disciplinary field, with data being gathered from different domains in order to improve social policies. In its reliance on a truncated account of well-being based implicitly on neoclassical economic assumptions, however, the field is deeply flawed. Departing from reductive accounts of well-being that exclude the normative or evaluative aspect of the concept and so impoverish the attendant conception of human life, this book offers a new perspective on what counts normatively as being well. In reconceptualising well-being holistically, it presents a fresh vista on how we can consider the meanings of human life in a manner that also serves as a source of constructive social critique. The book thus undertakes to invert the usual approach to the social sciences, in which the research is required to be objective in terms of methodology and subjective with regard to evaluative claims. Instead, the authors are deliberately objective about values in order to be more open to the subjectivities of human life. \u003ci\u003eHappiness, Flourishing and the Good Life \u003c\/i\u003ethus seeks to move away from economic considerations' domination of all social spaces in order to understand the possibilities of well-being beyond instrumentalisation or commodification. A radical new approach to the human well-being, this book will appeal to philosophers, social theorists and political scientists and all who are interested in human happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrett Thomson is Chief Executive Officer of the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace (GHFP) and Professor at the College of Wooster where he holds the Compton Chair of Philosophy. He is the author or co-author of 20 books, including \u003ci\u003eOn the Meaning of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNeeds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBacon to Kant\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-edited the six-volumes of the \u003ci\u003eLongman Standard History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Secondary Education: A Human-Centred Approach \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Peace Holistically\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScherto Gill is Senior Fellow at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace (GHFP) Research Institute, Brighton, UK, Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. She is also Board Member of Rising Global Peace Forum and Trustee of the Spirit of Humanity Forum. Scherto writes about peace, dialogue, education, and narrative research. Her most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Peace Holistically, Peacefulness: Being Peace and Making Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEducation as Humanisation \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNarrative Pedagogy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvor Goodson has worked in universities in England, Canada, and the USA, and has held visiting positions in many countries. He is now Research Associate at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace (GHFP). Ivor has contributed over 50 books and 600 articles to the fields of education and social change. His most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCurriculum, Personal Narrative and the Social Future \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDeveloping Narrative Theory: Life Histories and Personal Representation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52512391135539,"sku":"9780367552893","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cGhtWEJ5V010RFppWEcwbFI3U2JnQT09.webp?v=1760345838","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/happiness-flourishing-and-the-good-life-a-transformative-vision-for-human-well-being-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}