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Against Happiness : In Praise of Melancholy by Eric G. Wilson is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Against Happiness : In Praise of Melancholy about?
In Against Happiness, the scholar Eric G. Wilson argues that melancholia is necessary to any thriving culture, that it is the muse of great literature, painting, music, and innovation - and that it is the force underlying original insights “Mr Wilson's case for the dark night of the soul brings a much-needed corrective to today's mania for cheerfulness. One would almost say that, in its eloquent contrarianism and earnest search for meaning, Against Happiness lifts the spirits.” - Colin McGinn, The Wall Street JournalAmericans are addicted to happiness. When we're not popping pills, we leaf through scientific studies that take for granted our quest for happiness or read self-help books by everyone from armchair philosophers and clinical psychologists to the Dalai Lama on how to achieve a trouble-free life. More than any other generation, Americans of today believe in the transformative power of positive thinking. But who says we're "supposed" to be happy? Where does it say that in the Bible, or in the Constitution?“An impassioned, compelling, dare I say poetic, argument on behalf of those who ‘labour in the fields of sadness'... a loose and compelling argument for fully embracing
Who reads Against Happiness : In Praise of Melancholy?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Eric G. Wilson
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781429944212
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.23 / 5 (722 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14