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1 online resource |
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Introduction : the good life : values, markets, and wellbeing -- Values and prices : the case of German eggs -- Word, deed, and preferences -- Moral provenance and larger purposes -- Solidarity, dignity, and opportunity -- Provenance and values : the case of Guatemalan coffee -- Agency, opportunity, and frustrated freedoms -- Experiments in fairness and dignity -- Narco-trafficking and violence -- Conclusion : the good life and positive anthropology |
| Summary |
What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups use the market in pursuit of the ""good life."" But what exactly is the good life? How do we define wellbeing beyond material standards of living? While we all may want to live the good life, we differ widely on just what that entails. In The Good Life, Edward Fischer examines wellbeing in very different cultural contexts to uncover shared notions of the good life and how best to achieve it. With fascinating on-the-ground narratives of Germans' choice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies
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Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies
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Economic anthropology -- Cross-cultural studies
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Quality of life.
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Lifestyles.
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Quality of Life
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Life Style
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Aspirations, Psychological
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Anthropology -- economics
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quality of life.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Lifestyles
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Economic anthropology
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Quality of life
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Well-being
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804792615 |
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0804792615 |
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