Philosophies of Happiness: A Comparative Introduction to the Flourishing Life

Author:   Diana Lobel
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231184106


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   14 November 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Diana Lobel
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231184106


ISBN 10:   0231184107
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   14 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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I know of no other work that engages so many traditions comparatively; this work stands to make a significant contribution to our understanding of happiness across different religious and philosophical traditions.--Erin M. Cline, Georgetown University


An impressive comparative study of conceptions of happiness found in East Asian, South Asian, and Western traditions of thought that will be read with interest by a wide range of scholars in religious studies, philosophy, and psychology. -- Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong I know of no other work that engages so many traditions comparatively; this work stands to make a significant contribution to our understanding of happiness across different religious and philosophical traditions. -- Erin M. Cline, Georgetown University


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Diana Lobel is associate professor of religion at Boston University. She is the author of Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari (2000), A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Ba?ya Ibn Paquda's ""Duties of the Heart"" (2006), and The Quest for God and the Good: World Philosophy as a Living Experience (Columbia, 2011).

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