Finding Happiness in the Age of Overwhelm

De: I. Antoine

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In an age defined by emotional volatility, digital saturation, and existential complexity, the pursuit of happiness may seem naïve—or even irresponsible. Yet this book argues that happiness is not a luxury, but a necessity: a form of ethical inquiry, emotional regulation, and shared coherence.

Happiness in the Age of Overwhelm is a transdisciplinary exploration of joy, resilience, and flourishing. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and literary poetics, it traces how happiness has been imagined, disrupted, and reclaimed across cultures and epochs. From ancient ethical frameworks to contemporary affective science, from mythic cycles to digital exposure, the book offers a layered grammar of joy—one that is rhythmic, relational, and ethically attuned.

Structured in three parts, the book moves from conceptual foundations to emotional repair and empirical insight:

• Part I: Philosophical Approaches to Happiness explores the evolution of happiness as a moral and aesthetic concept, engaging thinkers from Aristotle to Beauvoir, Epicurus to Nussbaum.

• Part II: Happiness in the Age of Exposure examines how modern life fragments emotional clarity—and how coherence can be restored through anchoring, aesthetic repair, and narrative rhythm.

• Part III: Psychological Approaches to Happiness maps the emotional architecture of joy, the cognitive mechanisms of resilience, and the empirical practices that sustain well-being.

Written in a style that is both analytical and reflective, the book invites readers to think alongside rather than agree. It does not prescribe happiness—it illuminates its tensions, contours, and possibilities. It affirms that joy is not a final state, but a dynamic rhythm. That flourishing is not a product, but a practice.

Whether you are a scholar, therapist, educator, or curious reader, this book offers a coherent framework for understanding happiness—not as escapism, but as a way of remaining human in the midst of complexity.