The Happiness Hypothesis: OBOC
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt is CSN's One Book/One College selection for 2020-21.
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Get a Copy of the Book
Copies of The Happiness Hypothesis are available to purchase through the CSN Bookstore:
Author Jonathan Haidt has the Introduction and chapters 1, 4 & 6 available on his website:
Several copies of The Happiness Hypothesis, including a single user electronic copy, are available for individuals to borrow from CSN Libraries:
INSTRUCTORS: Digital copies of The Happiness Hypothesis are available for instructors. Contact librarian Gracie McDonough (gracie.mcdonough@csn.edu) for more information.
"This is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations-- to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives." - Jonathan Haidt (The Happiness Hypothesis, p. ix)
About the Book
Big Think: Nothing is Good or Bad (6:44)
Author Jonathan Haidt speaks briefly about why he wrote The Happiness Hypothesis, what it's about and gives a summary of two of the great ideas.
Optimize Interview: The Happiness Hypothesis (36:24)
In this audio interview with Brian Johnson of Optimize.me, author Jonathan Haidt speaks in-depth about why he wrote the book and what the book is about.
About the Author
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at the NYU-Stern School of Business. He was named a "Top 100 Global Thinker" of 2012 by Foriegn Poilicy magazine and one of the 65 "World Thinkers" of 2013 by Prospect.
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