{"product_id":"a-sociology-of-happiness-kenji-kosaka-9781876843281","title":"A Sociology of Happiness: Japanese Perspectives Volume 1","description":"Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin University who are engaged in 'Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being, ' this study explores issues of happiness from a wide variety of sociological perspectives. It includes: a meta-analysis of suffering; an axiomatic approach to constructing an index for measuring social suffering from an utilitarian perspective; a proposal for a new qualitative methodology for social science research; a Nietzschean analysis of happiness; a proposal to codify linguistic rights drawing on notions of the universal right to pursue well-being; an analysis of the role of folklore in articulating a society's implicit understandings of happiness and suffering; a critical exploration of the impact of social surveillance on happiness; and a clinical sociological approach to happiness and unhappiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenji Kosaka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1876843284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781876843281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trans Pacific Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kenji Kosaka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097084764415,"sku":"9781876843281","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sociology-of-happiness-kenji-kosaka-9781876843281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}