Book publication - see attached
Anne Verhoef
Dear colleagues
I am ‘happy’ to announce the publication of my book, "Happiness, Unhappiness, and Chance." I invite you to take a look and consider ordering a copy, at least for your university's library, if it piques your interest. 😊
Happiness, Unhappiness, and Chance in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur
An alternative philosophical understanding of happiness can serve as a corrective to the accounts of happiness offered by modern sciences, religion, and consumerism.
This book argues that the notions of happiness, unhappiness, and chance in the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur offer an overarching conceptualization of happiness that has significant implications for contemporary philosophical accounts of happiness. By analyzing Ricoeur's philosophy, and specifically his two articles on happiness, “Le Bonheur Hors Lieu” (1994) and “L'optatif du bonheur” (2001), Anné H. Verhoef argues that a significant alternative mode of understanding happiness is found in the dialectical thinking of Ricoeur. Ricoeur's dialectic of happiness and unhappiness entails that one cannot exist without the other; unhappiness is not something to be overcome, but something to be embraced. Furthermore, Ricoeur's recognition of chance in relation to happiness opens a recognition for happiness as something received without any effort, while simultaneously preserving the Aristotelian idea that one should strive for goodness. There is a fragile dialectic of receiving and striving for happiness within the simultaneous dialectic of happiness and unhappiness.
See attached the cover page.
You can order it from:
Happiness, Unhappiness, and Chance in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur – Exclusive Books Online
Thank you!
Anné
Latest publication: Happiness, Unhappiness and Chance
Prof Anné H. Verhoef DTh (SU Stell.) PhD (VU Amst.)
Director: NWU Artificial Intelligence Hub
Professor in Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities
North-West University
South Africa
Tel: 018 299 1569
Artificial Intelligence | services.nwu.ac.za
Anné Hendrik Verhoef (researchgate.net)
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