The Chinese Pursuit of Happiness: Anxieties, Hopes, and Moral Tensions in Everyday Life
Authors: Becky Yang Hsu Richard Madsen
September 1, 2019
What defines "happiness," and how can we attain it? The ways in which people in China ask and answer this universal question reveal a lot about the tensions and challenges they face during periods of remarkable political and economic change. Based on a five-year original study conducted by a select team of China experts, this book shows how different dimensions of happiness are manifest in the moral and ethical understandings that embed individuals in specific communities. This book was published by the University of California Press in September 2019, edited by Senior Fellow Becky Yang Hsu and Richard Madsen.
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