Handbook of happiness : reflections and praxis from around the world / Saamdu Chetri, Tanusree Dutta, Manas Kumar Mandal, Priyadarshi Patnaik, editors.
Chetri, Saamdu.; Dutta, Tanusree.; Mandal, Manas K.; Patnaik, Priyadarshi, 1969-
2023
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Title Handbook of happiness : reflections and praxis from around the world / Saamdu Chetri, Tanusree Dutta, Manas Kumar Mandal, Priyadarshi Patnaik, editors.
ISBN 9789819926374 (electronic bk.)
9819926378 (electronic bk.)
981992636X
9789819926367
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4
Publication Details Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (523 p.)
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4 doi
Call Number BF575.H27
Dewey Decimal Classification 152.42
Summary This book contains contributions from diverse perspectives and traditions that focus on reflections and happiness practices. It addresses diversity in happiness and eastern and western thoughts and practices by contributing authors from around the world from varied backgrounds. The book provides ample avenue for readers and researchers to broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding of various aspects of happiness culturally and conceptually. It opens opportunities for exploring and understanding how happiness can be practiced, experienced, taught, and learned in various contexts, thus assisting both educators and interested readers to create opportunities for themselves or their students to engage in diverse and creative happiness explorations. This book is a crucial resource for teachers, educators, students, and researchers involved in the science and practice of happiness. It enables them to find new avenues to understand happiness from different perspectives, understanding inner and outer spaces and other dimensions of happiness. It serves as an essential reference for academicians in related fields of psychology, such as cross-cultural, social, and developmental, as well as in the upcoming field of happiness studies.
Note 6 Linguistic and Cultural Exploration of the Indian Concept of Happiness
Includes index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 28, 2023).
Added Author Chetri, Saamdu.
Dutta, Tanusree.
Mandal, Manas K.
Patnaik, Priyadarshi, 1969-
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Intro
Foreword
Introduction
Contents
About the Editors
Abbreviations
Part I Inner and Outer Spaces
1 Happiness Research from the Psychological Perspective: Thoughts of an Optimist
Meaningfulness of Happiness Research
Concepts of Happiness
Philosophical (Spiritual-Religious) Perspective of Happiness
Psychological Perspective of Happiness
Economic Views of Happiness
Measurement of Happiness
The Role of Cultural Influences on Happiness
Major Correlates of Happiness
Economic Factors and Happiness
Equality, Social Justice, and Happiness

Prosocial behaviour/Altruism and Happiness
Happiness and Gratitude
Personality Correlates of Happiness
Summary and Concluding Note
Issues in Happiness for Further Research
References
2 Blissful Space Within and Without: Explorations Through Mandala and Vastu
Space, Happiness, and the Contemporary Context
Theorising and Practising Inner and Outer Spaces: An Overview
Theorising Spaces Exterior and Interior
Cosmic Space
Interior Space
Convergences and Transcendences
Practising Spaces: Journeys

Practising Interior Spaces: Meditative Traditions, Mandals, and Yantras
Practising Exterior Spaces: Architecture and Vastupurusamandala
Convergence and Self-similarity: Manifest-Unmanifest, Exterior-Interior, Large-Small
Spaces: Secular, Sacred, and Cosmic
Modern Relevance and Reflections
References
3 Self-Architecture for Sukha: Mind++ for Integral Wellbeing
Selected Indic Concepts of Happiness
Etymology of Sukha and Its Implications
Self-Architecture Using Yogic Techniques
Self-Architecture at the Annamayakośa Level
Self-Architecture at the Prānamayakośa Level

Self-Architecture at the Manomayakośa Level
Self-Architecture at the Vijñānamayakośa and Ānandamayakośa Levels
Self-Architecture for External Spaces
Conclusion
References
4 Harmony Theory: Positive Organisation with Philosophical Foundations
Part 1: Philosophy and Foundations of the Positive
Fiat Lux-Let There Be Light!
Interaction, Relationship, and Positivity
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Order, Entropy, and Social Entropy
Happiness and Well-being
Part 2: Organisation Culture and Positive Organisation
Characteristics of the Positive Organisations

Part 3: Pragmatics of Positive Organisation, Happiness, and Wellbeing
The Harmony Theory of Positive Organisation
Leadership, Social Negative Entropy, and Social Sustainability
References
5 Public Health as a Paradigm for Happiness: Understanding Vaccine Impact
Public Health Defined
Interpreting Vaccine Impact
Measles Eradication 2020 Derailed: No Man is an Island
Outbreak, Ebola in the DRC 2019: Global Investment in a Vaccine for a Deadly Virus
Global Polio Eradication 2019 Community Engagement on a Global Scale
Conclusion
References

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