The Opinionated Critic: Happiness Is Overrated

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Happiness Is Overrated

Finally! Someone who agrees with me. A new book by Professor Klaus Bergdolt called Well Being: A Cultural History (to be published by Polity in translation in December) is a useful corrective to our current fixation on happiness. The German sociologist argues that the history of medicine "teaches us... Sign in to see full entry.

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