![]() Segal’s writing is surprisingly accessible, with lots of references to people and cultural tics one might not expect. ![]() Here, she’s really talking about the nexus between our private happiness and the need and desire to share that joy with others, creating a Venn diagram that hovers between the public and the private. “Who am I to lay claim to any expertise on the matter?” So begins an expansive and contemplative exploration of love, joy, desire, and the concepts surrounding Utopias, all of which find the author navigating human psychology, sociology, societal mores, and the economics of happiness. “Writing a book on happiness is surely one of the most foolish hostages to fortune I have ever given,” she freely admits in the preface. ![]() ![]() ![]() Making Trouble: Life and Politics, 2008, etc.) dives into the fraught realm of happiness studies and how we balance collective joy with personal fulfillment. A wide-ranging analysis of communal joy, including suggestions on how to get it back.įeminist and activist Segal (Psychology and Gender Studies/Birkbeck Coll. ![]()
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