Engineering Happiness

Manel Baucells, Rakesh Sarin

ISBN 10: 0520268210 / ISBN 13: 9780520268210

Published by University of California Press, US, 2012

About this Item

Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences - including management science, psychology, and economics - they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, "Engineering Happiness" has something to offer everyone - regardless of background, profession, or aspiration - who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life. It shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive. It demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice. It explores how to avoid happiness traps. It tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering Happiness
• Publisher: University of California Press, US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520268210
• ISBN 13: 9780520268210
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 272 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences―including management science, psychology, and economics―they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world’s religions and literatures, Engineering Happiness has something to offer everyone―regardless of background, profession, or aspiration―who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life.

• Shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive

• Demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice

• Explores how to avoid happiness traps

• Tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday life

About the Author

Manel Baucells is Professor of Business and Economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Rakesh Sarin is Paine Professor of Management at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.