Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/springer-journals/the-politics-of-wellbeing-the-end-of-history-and-the-invention-of-EXtQMt6EXX
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-58393-8
- Pages
- 25 –47
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-58394-5_2
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[This chapter explores how the contemporary politics of wellbeing moves beyond classical liberal ideasIdeas of the state as protector of ‘negative liberty’ and back to Ancient Greek ideasIdeas of the state as the promoter of flourishing or eudaimoniaEudaimonic/eudaimonia. It looks at the influence of Aristotle/Aristotelian/AristotelianismAristotle and the StoicsStoic/Stoicism on UKUKmental healthMental health and educationEducation policy, particularly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)and wellbeing classes. It ends by discussing whether governmentLabour party/government (UK) schemes for wellbeing promotion are illiberal, concludes that they potentially are, and suggests a way to make interventions more pluralistic and democratic]
Published: Jul 5, 2018