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The Promise of Happiness

✍ Scribed by Ahmed, Sara

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2010;2011
Tongue
English
Category
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✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: Why Happiness, Why Now? 11. Happy Objects 212. Feminist Killjoys 503. Unhappy Queers 884. Melancholic Migrants 1215. Happy Futures 160Conclusion: Happiness, Ethics, Possibility 199Notes 225References 283Index 301

✦ Subjects

det gode liv;emotioner;etik;feminisme;filosofi;flow;fΓΈlelser;historie;kΓΈn;kritik;kritisk perspektiv;kultur;kulturstudier;lykke;moral;positiv psykologi;social undertrykkelse;Happiness;Social control;Social norms

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