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How can we create a thriving life for us all that doesn't come at the price of ecological destruction? This book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection. Drawing on science and ancient Greek philosophers the author details how we can cultivate our skills for enjoying life without harming ourselves or others, and can live an autonomous, creative and connected life. Complementary to our intellectual understanding, the experiential method of role play and theatre can powerfully facilitate the exploration of the inner drivers and hindrances of a thriving life.

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Highly topical and timely. This work brings together key economic and philosophical literatures with a distinctive practical approach. John Hills, London School of Economics and Political Science (1954-2020) Not only does the book bring together three strands (environmental, social, individual) but it also aims to do so in a novel and accessible way - not just outlining the theory, but also encouraging a process of self-reflection and experiential learning. Sam Wren-Lewis, University of Nottingham

The book is an interdisciplinary masterpiece that, while it builds upon the schools of philosophy and research traditions related to sustainability, it also breaks with them, with its rather novel approach and unique methodology. Andras Balo, Journal of the Corvinus University, Budapest (English translation)

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Orsolya Lelkes is an independent scholar and psychological counsellor, former Deputy Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna and former Head of Economic Research at Hungarian Ministry of Finance. Her website can be found at https://lelkes.at/en/orsolya-lelkes/

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