Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Westminster
Course Title:
Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness Across Cultures
Course Number:
6LANS005W
Course Description:
Pre-requisite: Arabic, Chinese, French or Spanish.
Students will be required to attend a testing session upon arrival to confirm eligibility.
This module is built on a critical approach to the newly founded discipline of happiness studies. It will introduce key
texts in this discipline, and will also give an overview of the main philosophical underpinnings and conceptual
approaches to happiness in philosophical traditions. It will then proceed to analyse different conceptualizations and
representations of happiness in different contemporary cultural contexts, ranging from the psychological,
sociological and political to the literary and artistic, including the ephemeral and comical. Through the study of
concepts and examples from different cultures, students will gain a critical perspective on the recently emerged
dominant discourse on happiness.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ANTH 396
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