Manufacturing Happy Citizens: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control our Lives
Brand: Wiley-Interscience
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences



Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1509537899
Publisher: Polity
Print length: 260 pages
Publication date: September 3, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1509537891
Edition: 1st
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Edgar Cabanas Page search results Edgar Cabanas Eva Illouz
review: Editorial Reviews Review 'excellent... a clear-sighted critique of capitalism’s current obsession with happiness and of the shaky science allowing a well-meaning ideal to be so easily subverted by governments and companies.' New Scientist ‘This brilliantly researched and beautifully argued book offers a devastating critique of the contemporary obsession with happiness. Edgar Cabanas and Eva Illouz interrogate the flaws, inconsistencies and generalizations of happiness “science” and positive psychology, showing how it has become central to a blame culture in which structural inequalities are made over as psychological deficits. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the way that neoliberalism increasingly operates through psychological modes promoting confidence, resilience and “positive” feelings.’ Rosalind Gill, City, University of London ‘How have the science and industry of happiness transformed our expectations about what a good life means, and at what cost? In their critical inquiry, Edgar Cabanas and Eva Illouz powerfully demonstrate the pervasive neoliberal logics and pernicious social consequences of the contemporary politics of happiness.’ Didier Fassin, Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton “This book provides insight into how neoliberal society causes us to become servants to the pursuit of happiness.” Psychologist Magazine About the Author Edgar Cabanas is Professor at Universidad Camilo José Cela in Madrid. Eva Illouz is Director of Studies at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.