5RT806, 7,5 hp, Grundnivå
Happiness
Reading list valid from autumn 2009. Retrieved from uu.se 2 Nov 2026. View the original on uu.se
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- Huvudgrupp 1: Theoretical and ethnographic readings take the form of articles and chapters distributed in a weekly compendium form, as well as the following books:
- Huvudgrupp 1: Richard Layard, Happiness: Lessons from a New Science (New York: Penguin, 2006) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: Darin M. McMahon, Happiness: A History (New York: Grove Press, 2006) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: Steven Cahn and Christine Vitrano, Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness, Revised Edition (New York: HarperPerennial 2007) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (London: Granta, 2007) [selections]
- Huvudgrupp 1: Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss (New York: Twelve, 2008) [selections]