The good life : aspiration, dignity, and the anthropology of wellbeing /

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Author / Creator:Fischer, Edward F., 1966- author.
Imprint:Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11237211
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ISBN:9780804792615
0804792615
9780804790963
0804790965
9780804792530
0804792534
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups use the market in pursuit of the ""good life."" But what exactly is the good life? How do we define wellbeing beyond material standards of living? While we all may want to live the good life, we differ widely on just what that entails. In The Good Life, Edward Fischer examines wellbeing in very different cultural contexts to uncover shared notions of the good life and how best to achieve it. With fascinating on-the-ground narratives of Germans' choice.
Other form:Print version: Fischer, Edward F., 1966- Good life 9780804790963