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23145711 |
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CLIB |
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20240618104651.0 |
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230526s2024 enk b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781032371351 |
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(hardback) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781032371368 |
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(paperback) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9781003335467 |
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(ebook) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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JNU |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
306 |
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B6456 Ec |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Borooah, Vani Kant, |
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author. |
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381 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Economics, religion and happiness : |
| Remainder of title |
God, Mammon and the search for spiritual and financial wealth / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Vani Kant Borooah. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii,150 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Routledge studies in development economics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Setting the Scene -- What Makes People Happy? -- Objective and Subjective Measures of Happiness -- Religious Hatred and Religion-Inspired Violence -- Income and Job Satisfaction -- Prejudice -- Conclusions. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Most books on happiness are concerned with answering, in their diverse ways, a basic question: how should I live? Such books assume, however, that the path to happiness lies entirely within one's control. Happiness is simply a matter of doing certain things and refraining from doing certain other things. This book, however, takes a different view. It is that happiness is not always within our control but, instead, prey to the attitudes and actions of others. Following Jean-Paul Sartre's aphorism, "hell is other people", the broad theme of this book is that "unhappiness is other people". In the language of economics, "other" people, through their attitudes and actions, create externalities - often negative - which serve to make "us" unhappy. The instruments for creating such externalities are intolerance and feelings of envy/superiority. This book expands on this theme in respect of three areas: religion, money, and prejudice. It is fair to say the existing (un)happiness literature, particularly in economics, does not take many of these externalities into account. Instead, the focus is, firstly, on identifying the factors, internal to oneself, that contribute to personal happiness and, secondly, on measuring the relative strength of their contribution. By contrast, an analysis of the externalities that people impose upon others lies at the heart of this book. Economics, Religion and Happiness will primarily appeal to students, academics and researchers across economics, psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and will also find an audience among those interested in exploring issues related to happiness in greater depth"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Quality of life. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Happiness |
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Economic aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Happiness |
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Religious aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Economics |
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Sociological aspects. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Routledge studies in development economics. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |
