Evans, Jules (2017) Book review: U thrive: how to succeed in college (and life) by Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter. LSE Review of Books (30 Jun 2017). Website.
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In U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter draw upon their popular NYU course, ‘Science of Happiness’, to offer a guide to flourishing at university and in life. But how exactly do universities promote wellbeing? Rather than breaking new ground, this book treads a rather familiar Positive Psychology path, finds Jules Evans, that neglects the difficult questions posed by ethics, philosophy, politics and culture when it comes to individual and collective flourishing. U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life). Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter. Little, Brown. 2017. Should universities promote flourishing?
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2017 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 21:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/82985 |
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