Darrin McMahon: "Happiness: A History" (Atlantic Monthly)

Darrin McMahon: "Happiness: A History" (Atlantic Monthly)

In modern society, happiness is everywhere. It's promised by prescription drugs, used to sell just about anything and everything, and leads many on a fruitless quest. A look at the history of happiness.

In modern society, happiness is everywhere. It's promised by prescription drugs, used to sell just about anything and everything, and leads many on a fruitless quest. A look at the history of happiness.

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Darrin McMahon

is the author of "Enemies of the Enlightenment: The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity." He is a professor at Florida State University.

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