Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the ...
There is now recognition that a population's overall level of well-being is defined not just by inco...
This essay addresses the question of how best to do culturally sensitive research on social processe...
In this article, I attempt to give insights into the potentials and limits of quantitative well-bein...
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives...
Well-being is extensively researched worldwide. The majority of the inquiries have taken place in We...
All individuals strive to be happy. How they pursue this ultimate human goal, however, seems to vary...
Well-being is made critical to business management (Shizgal, 1999; Warr, 2011). Nevertheless, is we...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is bein...
How people conceive of happiness reveals much about who they are and the values they hold dear. Draw...
The first part of this paper discusses why statistical comparisons of happiness and wellbeing are in...
A review of the literature revealed happiness to be a promising area of research (Pavot, 2008), and ...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
What do anthropologists have to say about happiness? For some contributors in this Vital Topics Foru...
2018-07-13This work presents new evidence on the determinants of subjective well-being, as measured ...
There is now recognition that a population's overall level of well-being is defined not just by inco...
This essay addresses the question of how best to do culturally sensitive research on social processe...
In this article, I attempt to give insights into the potentials and limits of quantitative well-bein...
Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives...
Well-being is extensively researched worldwide. The majority of the inquiries have taken place in We...
All individuals strive to be happy. How they pursue this ultimate human goal, however, seems to vary...
Well-being is made critical to business management (Shizgal, 1999; Warr, 2011). Nevertheless, is we...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is bein...
How people conceive of happiness reveals much about who they are and the values they hold dear. Draw...
The first part of this paper discusses why statistical comparisons of happiness and wellbeing are in...
A review of the literature revealed happiness to be a promising area of research (Pavot, 2008), and ...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
What do anthropologists have to say about happiness? For some contributors in this Vital Topics Foru...
2018-07-13This work presents new evidence on the determinants of subjective well-being, as measured ...
There is now recognition that a population's overall level of well-being is defined not just by inco...
This essay addresses the question of how best to do culturally sensitive research on social processe...
In this article, I attempt to give insights into the potentials and limits of quantitative well-bein...