Happiness as a Social Construct
Happiness as a Social Construct

Summary/Abstract: In a huge enterprise that has undertaken visible metamorphoses from one stage to another, Sergiu Bălțătescu has elaborated a necessary instrument able to restore as in a mirror the image of Romanian society in its post-communism transition. This mirror is contained by people’s own assessment of their degree of happiness. Equipped with the methodology of a sociologist, with the patience of a lover of philosophy and with the readings of a man dedicated to culture, Sergiu Bălțătescu has written an extensive monograph on happiness and its perception in Romanian post-totalitarian society. His book combines empirical data, statistic analysis, with the perception of happiness in philosophy, in politics, in sociology and psychology, reaching surprising results.

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