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Translating happiness : a cross-cultural lexicon of well-being
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Translating happiness : a cross-cultural lexicon of well-being / Tim Lomas.
ISBN
9780262344630
0262344637
9780262037488
0262037483
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 223 pages)
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Summary
How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being - from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch - can enrich our emotional understanding and experience. Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this frame of reference?
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Books / Online
Language
English
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February 07, 2022
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