Overview

This book examines a seemingly simple and absolutely essential topic: learning how to enjoy every aspect of your life on a daily basis. All of us look for happiness, well-being, and positivity throughout our lives, but for most people these goals are abstract and the processes established to achieve them ambiguous. The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life: Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands focuses attention upon the concrete, specific, and everyday sources of pleasure that are within the grasp of almost everyone. Prolific author Luciano L'Abate, PhD, ABEPP, examines at all kinds of pleasures, investigating where we find them, why they appeal to us, and what benefits they provide in terms of both mental and physical health. He explains how to increase our sensitivity to everyday opportunities for pleasure, and then gives tangible techniques to focus upon these moments in order to fully experience them. The author employs personal memories from his childhood in Italy, more recent stories from his travels abroad, and the findings of most recent scientific research on the benefits of pleasure-seeking to further illustrate his points.

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Author:   Luciano L'Abate ,  Edward W. L. Smith
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780313395796

ISBN 10:   0313395799
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   02 June 2011
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Edward W. L. Smith Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Elements and Meanings of Pleasure and Displeasure 1 Arts and Creativity: Observing, Studying, Watching, and Producing 2 Avocations: Doing Whatever You Like When You Want To 3 Being, Doing, and Having: The Triangle of Life 4 Food: For Survival and for Enjoyment 5 Music Does Not Need to Be Loud to Be Enjoyable 6 Play Is Just as Important as Work 7 The Body: Sensuality, Sensibility, Sexuality, and Sex Conclusion: Moderation, Self-Control, and Self-Monitoring Notes Index

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Luciano L'Abate, PhD, ABEPP, is professor emeritus of psychology at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Author or coauthor of more than 300 papers, chapters, and book reviews in professional and scientific journals, L'Abate is also author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of over 50 books.

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