Perpetual Euphoria
Perpetual Euphoria How happiness became mandatory-and why we should reject the demand to "be happy"Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. Happiness has…
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Perpetual Euphoria
How happiness became mandatory-and why we should reject the demand to "be happy"Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. Happiness has become a religion-one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly.
How did we become unhappy about not being happy-and what might we do to escape this predicament? How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment-the right to pursue happiness-become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions with all his unconventional wit, force, and brilliance, arguing that we might be happier if we simply abandoned our mad pursuit of happiness.Gripped by the twin illusions that we are responsible for