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The Happiness Hypothesis

Summary

The Happiness Hypothesis (2006) by Jonathan Haidt examines ten great ideas about happiness from ancient philosophy and religion through the lens of modern psychology, arguing that happiness comes from relationships, meaning, and the integration of emotion and reason.

Core Contribution

One of the most accessible and substantive syntheses of ancient wisdom and modern psychology on happiness.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • happiness
  • psychology
  • positive psychology
  • philosophy

Historical Influences

Positive psychology ancient philosophy Buddhism

Intellectual Lineage

Jonathan Haidt positive psychology moral psychology

Allied Works

The Righteous Mind The Coddling of the American Mind

Contemporaries & Peers

Flourish positive psychology literature

Minds Influenced

Positive psychology popularizationmoral psychology

Intellectual Posterity

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