Daniel Nettle uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy, what happiness really is, and to examine our urge to achieve it.
Daniel Nettle uses the results of the latest psychological studies to ask what makes people happy and unhappy, what happiness really is, and to examine our urge to achieve it.
Daniel Nettle is Lecturer in Psychology at University of Newcastle. His publications include Vanishing Voices (with Suzanne Romaine), Linguistic Diversity, and Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity, and Human Nature. He runs the psychological research website www.psychresearch.org.uk. Vanishing Voices was winner of the BAAL prize for 2001, and was described by The New Yorker as 'a superb study of endangered languages'. Strong Imagination was described as 'a fascinating, pithy little book' (Sunday Times), giving 'a critical survey of current psychiatric knowledge that is as good an overview as is available from any source' (Times Literary Supplement).
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Introduction 1: Comfort and Joy 2: Bread and Circuses 3: Love and Work 4: Worries and Enthusiasts 5: Wanting and Liking 6: Placebos and panaceas 7: A Design for Living References
Introduction 1: Comfort and Joy 2: Bread and Circuses 3: Love and Work 4: Worries and Enthusiasts 5: Wanting and Liking 6: Placebos and panaceas 7: A Design for Living References
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