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Happiness and Domestic Life The Influence of the Home on Subjective and Social Well-being

Edited By Maria Teresa Russo, Antonio Argandoña, Richard Peatfield Copyright 2023
    264 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    264 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    264 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the quality of domestic life and the home environment, in its material and relational dimension, with individual and social happiness, in the context of current changes.

    The theme of happiness and well-being is framed within two significant changes, themselves affected by the recent COVID-19 pandemic: the relationship between the individual’s quality of life and engagement within the community, and the role of new technologies in everyday life. The authors highlight the relational nature of happiness and the centrality of the home environment in its promotion. Three dimensions of psychosocial well-being in the home are analysed: the personal one, consisting of a sense of stability, intimacy and sharing; the social one, which considers the domestic environment as a place for civic education and, in times of pandemic, the site of professional activity and the physical one, consisting of spaces, services and architectural styles.

    This book is ideal for readers who wish to cross disciplinary boundaries and explore the topic of domestic happiness in its different facets. The target audience is both professional researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students.

    Chapter 12 of this book is now OA on www.taylorfrancis.com under Creative Commons licens CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

    Foreword
    Bryan K. Sanderson, Home Renaissance Foundation

    Foreword
    Carlos P. Cavallé, Social Trends Institute

    Preface
    Richard Layard

    Introduction: Happiness and Domestic Life
    Maria Teresa Russo

    Part 1: DOMESTIC HAPPINESS BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES

    1. The Impact of Domestic Happiness on Public Space

    Agnieska Nogal

    2. Care, Flourishing, Happiness: The Challenge at Home

    María Pía Chirinos

    3. Home After/During/Around the Pandemic of Individualism

    Aneta Gawkowska

    Part 2: TECHNOLOGY, DOMESTICATION AND WELL-BEING IN THE HOME

    4. Home Implosion: Digital Media and the Reinvention of the Private Sphere

    Maria Bakardjieva

    5. Creating Meaningful Connected　Homes: The Relationships and Dynamics of Household-Digital Technology Interactions in Fostering Wellbeing

    Bridgette Wessels

    6. Smart Homes and Domestic Wellbeing: What has been Lost?

    Ilaria Malagrinò

    Part 3: HOME LIFE, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING

    7. Home Activities and Happiness: Assessments based on Meeting Points between Human Resources Retention Practices and Stages of Happiness

    Óscar Díaz, Celia Martín & Miriam Herrero

    8. How do the New Work-Related Digital Technologies allow for Maximum Opportunities for those Home Activities and Connections, that will lead to Greater Individual Happiness?

    Kathleen Farrell

    9. The Home: A Creative Laboratory during Covid-19

    Maria Chiara De Nardo

    10. Positive Parenting in Covid-19 Times

    Marc Grau-Grau, Rita Cavallotti & Rejina M Selvam

    Part 4: HAPPY DWELLING? CRITICALITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CHANGES IN URBAN LIVING

    11. The "kitchenless house": radical changes in home design and their impact on human well-being

    Stephen Davies

    12. The "Neighbourhood" as a Pivotal Element of the Infrastructure of a Flourishing Society

    David Thunder & Cecilia Serrano

    13. Architecture in Between: Social Change and Happiness Cross-Temporal Analysis of Urban Living in Twentieth Century Iraq

    Ali Aumran Lattif Al-Thahab

    Biography

    Maria Teresa Russo, PhD, is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Bioethics at Roma Tre University. She is also a member of the scientific board of Italian and International journals. Her research focuses on Spanish and French contemporary philosophy, ethical issues of healthcare and embodiment, with special reference to Women’s Studies.　Her works include: Olfaction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Life Sciences to Philosophy (2021); The human body as a problem in post-modern culture (2020) and Per un éthos dello spazio urbano e domestico: il contributo della filosofia delle donne (2017).　

    Antonio Argandoña is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Business Ethics, IESE Business School, University of Navarra. His research interests include business ethics, social responsibility, and home issues. His most recent books are The Home: Multidisciplinary Reflections (2017), People, Care and Work in the Home (2020) and The Home in the Digital Age (2021).

    Richard Peatfield qualified from the University of Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital and trained in General Medicine and Neurology in London and Leeds. He has been Consultant Neurologist, Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, Charing Cross Hospital, honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London and he was the book review editor for Cephalalgia.

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