On happiness, values, and time: The long and the short of it

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 215-233

  Robbins, Joel ^a  

^a Division of Social Anthropology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durkheim; Happiness; Monism; Temporality; Value pluralism; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955595761     PISSN: 20491115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14318/hau5.3.012     Document Type: Article

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