The happiness industry : how the government and big business sold us well-being

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Shows how the philosophy of well-being, first pronounced by Jeremy Bentham in the 1780s, has dominated the political debates that have delivered neoliberalism and demonstrates how well-being influences all aspects of our lives: business, finance, marketing and smart technology. --From publisher desc...

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Main Author: Davies, William, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Verso, 2016.
Subjects:
Well-being > Social aspects.
Well-being > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Well-being > Political aspects.
Well-being > Economic aspects.
Happiness > Social aspects.
Neoliberalism > Social aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Marketing > Social aspects.
Social psychology.
Economics > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Knowing how you feel
  • The price of pleasure
  • In the mood to buy
  • The psychosomatic worker
  • The crisis of authority
  • Social optimization
  • Living in the lab
  • Critical animals.

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