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Daniel Horowitz is the Mary Huggins Gamble Foundation Chair and Professor of American Studies Emeritus at Smith College. He is a historian whose work focused on the history of consumer culture and social criticism in the U.S. during the 20th century. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Among his publications are a biography of Betty Friedan and three books on how American and European writers, from the 1830s to the late twentieth century wrestled with the onsequences of affluence.
Especially compelling is the discussion of the relationship between positive psychology and other contemporary developments --Library Journal Horowitz explores the history of the relatively new and surprisingly pervasive discipline of happiness studies and positive psychology... a thorough and thoughtful introduction to an influential discipline --Publishers Weekly An astonishing work of cultural analysis on changes in the field of psychology. --Spirituality & Practice Daniel Horowitz has accomplished an impressive feat. Happier? is a thorough and judicious history of positive psychology--a movement both influential and controversial. --Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Kudos to cultural historian Daniel Horowitz for comprehensively chronicling the emergence of positive psychology--'a cultural movement of tremendous reach and power.' Thanks to its impressive scholarship and lucid story-telling, Happier? is the go-to book for anyone seeking to understand the roots and fruits of modern happiness research. --David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College; author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Who is Happy--and Why Daniel Horowitz has done a Herculean job of compiling an exhaustive history of the conceptualization and study of happiness, from the early 1940s through the present day. His work will gently lead the casual reader interested in happiness into the issues raised by our assumptions about its role in a life well-lived, while experts are sure to discover new sources and ideas to enrich their own thinking. --Julie K. Norem, Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology, Wellesley College; author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking In an impressive work of historical synthesis, Daniel Horowitz shows how academic and commercial interests have shaped contemporary views of happiness and created a happiness industry. Horowitz's reach is broad, his judgments are exact, and his material is entertaining. Hubris and foolishness are constant themes, as even quite sober researchers seem seduced by the promise--intellectual and financial--of a topic whose payoff seems always just out of reach. --Peter D. Kramer, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; author of Ordinarily Well In this comprehensive, well-researched, engaging book, Horowitz (emer., American studies, Smith College) traces the history and development of positive psychology and happiness studies in the US...a highly readable historical meditation on happiness. --CHOICE Daniel Horowitz has accomplished an impressive feat. Happier? is a thorough and judicious history of positive psychology--a movement both influential and controversial. --Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Kudos to cultural historian Daniel Horowitz for comprehensively chronicling the emergence of positive psychology--'a cultural movement of tremendous reach and power.' Thanks to its impressive scholarship and lucid story-telling, Happier? is the go-to book for anyone seeking to understand the roots and fruits of modern happiness research. --David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College; author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Who is Happy--and Why Daniel Horowitz has done a Herculean job of compiling an exhaustive history of the conceptualization and study of happiness, from the early 1940s through the present day. His work will gently lead the casual reader interested in happiness into the issues raised by our assumptions about its role in a life well-lived, while experts are sure to discover new sources and ideas to enrich their own thinking. --Julie K. Norem, Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology, Wellesley College; author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking In an impressive work of historical synthesis, Daniel Horowitz shows how academic and commercial interests have shaped contemporary views of happiness and created a happiness industry. Horowitz's reach is broad, his judgments are exact, and his material is entertaining. Hubris and foolishness are constant themes, as even quite sober researchers seem seduced by the promise--intellectual and financial--of a topic whose payoff seems always just out of reach. --Peter D. Kramer, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; author of Ordinarily Well
