JOURNAL ARTICLE

Social scientists rethink 'flourishing'.

  • Published In: Science News, 2023, v. 203, n. 2. P. 14 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: GUPTA, SUJATA 3 of 3

Abstract

In one article in the SSM-Mental Health series, Willen zooms in on how Grant's column and the wider discourse on flourishing fail to take into account the structural inequalities that may make some people more likely to languish. "Positive psychology is a billion-dollar industry, and selling positivity as they do is incredibly lucrative and culturally seductive", says Oksana Yakushko, a practicing psychologist in Santa Barbara, Calif. The privilege to flourish Disagreement between anthropologists like Willen and positive psychologists is largely one of world view, says Harvard University epidemiologist Tyler VanderWeele, who co-leads the Templeton-funded Global Flourishing Study. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Science News. 2023/01, Vol. 203, Issue 2, p14
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0036-8423
  • Accession Number:161259912
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