1st Edition
Happiness and Domestic Life The Influence of the Home on Subjective and Social Well-being
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 SPHERES1. 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 HOME4. 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 WORKING7. 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 LIVING11. 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.
