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Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective.
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ISBN: 9781845457082 9781845454487 1845454480 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York Berghahn Books


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Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective
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ISBN: 1282627406 9786612627408 184545877X 1845454480 1845457080 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books,

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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


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Pursuits of Happiness : Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective
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ISBN: 9781845458775 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York; ; Oxford Berghahn Books

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