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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth In Ancient WisdomStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionIn his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the worlds philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesnt kill you makes you stronger-can enrich and even transform our lives. AwardsShortlisted for BT Mind Awards Book of the Year 2007. Author descriptionJonathan Haidtis a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.His research examines morality, the moral emotions, and the intuitive foundations of politics and religion.He is the co-editor of Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived, and the author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia." |