Name: Happycracia (in Spanish)
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Author: Eva Illouz
ISBN: 9788408283898

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eva Illouz

Edgar Cabanas

Publisher

Booket

Collection

Divulgación

Year

2024

Language

Spanish

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.00 x 12.50

ISBN13

9788408283898

Edited in

España

Synopsis "Happycracia (in Spanish)"

La felicidad se ejercita, se enseña y se aprende: este es el mensaje que promueve la denominada ciencia de la felicidad. Según esta, bastaría con aplicar sus técnicas para ser más productivos, saludables y crecer como personas.

Pero, ¿y si la felicidad no fuese más que una mercancía y su búsqueda se hubiera convertido en un estilo de vida obsesivo y consumista? ¿Y si la industria multimillonaria de la felicidad nos quiere hacer creer que podemos moldear nuestras vidas a voluntad, transformar nuestros sentimientos negativos y sacar el mejor partido de nosotros mismos?

Edgar Cabanas y Eva Illouz describen con brillantez los orígenes, fundamentos y promesas de la ciencia y la industria de la felicidad, y exploran las implicaciones sociales y culturales de uno de los fenómenos más cautivadores e inquietantes de este principio de siglo.

Eva Illouz

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Eva Illouz, born on April 30, 1961 in Fez, Morocco, is a Franco-Israeli sociologist and writer specialized in the history of emotional life and the impact of capitalism on culture. Currently, she is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Her research focuses on the commodification of emotions and "affective capitalism".

Among her most notable works are "Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism" (2007), "Why Love Hurts" (2012), and "Happycracy: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control Our Lives" (2019), the latter co-written with Edgar Cabanas. These works belong to the genre of sociology and have been translated into numerous languages, consolidating her international reputation.

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Edgar Cabanas

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Edgar Cabanas is a Spanish psychologist and researcher specialized in critical studies on happiness and mental health in the workplace. He co-authored, along with sociologist Eva Illouz, the book "Happycracia: How the science and industry of happiness control our lives" (2018), published by Ediciones Paidós and translated into more than ten languages

In addition, Cabanas has co-written "Real Life in Times of Happiness" (2020), published by Alianza Editorial. His work focuses on the genre of critical essays, analyzing the social and cultural implications of the happiness industry. He has contributed numerous scientific articles and book chapters in his field of specialization

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