A brief history of happiness /

White, Nicholas P., 1942-

A brief history of happiness / Nicholas White. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - x, 194 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index.

Introducing the subject -- Conflicts, perspectives, and the identification of happiness -- Pleasure, hedonism, and the measurement of happiness -- Happiness as structure and harmony -- Morality, happiness, and conflict -- Happiness, fact, and value -- Doing without the concept.

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Happiness--History.

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