Feeling of Happiness in Self-Assessments of Ukrainians
Journal: Visnyk V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Sociological studies of contemporary society methodology theory methods
Year: 2019

Happiness shows as an important sociological category. Starting from Aristotle, happiness has traditionally been conceptualized in European reflection as the main goal of human life, as a result of human development (eudaimonic interpretation). At the same time, a simplified understanding of happiness as a subjective complex of sensations (hedonistic interpretation) has formed in the history of sociology. The article focuses on the relevance of the issue of happiness as a subject of sociological