There are some people who seem to remain perennially happy, and there are some who don’t seem happy, despite having the best of everything. Flow: The Psychology Of Happiness, analyses the behaviour of all kinds of people and tries to answer a simple question - What makes people happy? The author tries to explore the innermost feelings of people who remain happy, and calls this deeply edifying state of mind as ‘flow’, which also happens to be the title of this book.
Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has studied people during their times of greatest joy and happiness, in order to understand what goes on in the mind of a person when they are immensely happy. He postulates that when the mind is concentrated on an activity which the person finds joyous, it leads to a state of happiness. It evokes a sense of joy which is rarely seen. The book therefore gains a lot of importance in the contemporary study of the human mind. It also discusses, the major issues that contribute to happiness in detail, like sport, art, music, relationships, and other things. The mind must have a positive experience in order to experience happiness.
The book contains information that is well-researched and can help people who are looking for overall well-being in their lives. Flow: The Psychology Of Happiness was published by RHUK in 2002, and is available in paperback.
Product Details
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: RHUK (1 August 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0712657592
- ISBN-13: 978-0712657594
- Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.3 x 21.6 cm
About the Author
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was born in Fiume, Italy, and taught in Hungary as a professor of psychology. He then relocated to the United States, where he teaches at Claremont Graduate University. His chief contributions have been to understanding creativity and happiness. And his books Good Work, The Evolving Self, Becoming Adult, Being Adolescent, and The Art Of Seeing have helped in decoding those aspects of the human mind.
Review
"[He] has done more than anyone else to study this state of effortless attending" (Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow)
"Elegantly written...it is more relevant than ever" (The Times)
"Mr Csikszentmihalyi illuminates the accuracy of what philosophers have been saying for centuries: that the way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism but in mindful challenge" (The New York Times)Rent & Security Return Pollicy
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