THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is instead an excellent book on happiness. This book gives an idea that how wise, deep and lasting happiness is. Haidt is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. In comparison to many psychologists studying psycho pathologies, he belongs to another branch of specialization minority, who studies the opposite the "positive psychology". The positive psychology is founded by Seligman in the 1990s, studying the strength and virtue, in particular those aspects that are considered virtuous in many cultures, such as wisdom, courage, humanity, ...