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Title: Happiness Industry, The: How the Government & Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
Author: DAVIES WILLIAM
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/07/2016
Imprint: VERSO
Price: $32.00
Publishing status: Active
In the past decade, governments and corporations have become increasingly interested in measuring the way people feel. As a result, our emotions have become a new resource to be bought and sold…In a fascinating investigation combining history, science and ideas, William Davies shows how well-being influences all aspects of our lives. This book will make you rethink everything from the way you work, the power of the ‘Nudge’, the ever-expanding definitions of depression, and the commercialization of your most private feelings. The Happiness Industry is a shocking and brilliantly argued warning about the new religion of the age: our emotions.
ISBN: 9781784780951
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 320