The Oxford handbook of the positive humanities / edited by Louis Tay and James O. Pawelski.
| Other author | Tay, Louis (Psychologist) |
| Other author | Pawelski, James O., 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] |
| Description | xv, 547 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Psychology |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / Martin E.P. Seligman -- Preface / Louis Tay and James O. Pawelski -- Introduction : the role of the arts and humanities in human flourishing / Louis Tay and James O. Pawelski -- The positive humanities : culture and human flourishing / James O. Pawelski -- The history of the humanities and human flourishing / Darrin McMahon -- Towards a contextual model of arts and humanities engagement and human flourishing / Yerin Shim -- Flourishing effects of integrating the arts and humanities in STEM education : a review of past studies and an agenda for future research / Hoda Vaziri and Norman M. Bradburn -- Art, music, and literature : do the humanities make our lives richer, happier, and more meaningful? / Erin Westgate and Shigehiro Oishi -- Lessons for positive arts and humanities from the science of meaning in life / Alexis N. Wilkinson and Laura A. King -- Cultivating psychological well-being through arts-based interventions / Olena Helen Darewych -- The neuroscience of well-being : a general framework and its relation to humanistic flourishing / Yoed N. Kenett and Anjan Chatterjee -- How to encourage people to engage with the arts and humanities : suggestions from self-efficacy theory and research / James E. Maddux and Evan M. Kleiman -- Understanding and improving emotion regulation : lessons from psychological science and the humanities / Joseph Ciarrochi, Louise Hayes, and Baljinder Sahdra -- Character and virtues in the arts and humanities / Willibald Ruch and Fabian Gander -- Holocaust and humanity : depicting realities while creating pathways for future upstanders, strengths use, and flourishing / Edward Jacobs, Michael Berenbaum, Ryan Niemiec and Neal H. Mayerson -- The role of passion in the arts and humanities : how quality of engagement matters / Robert J. Vallerand, Anna Sverdlik, and Arielle Bonneville-Roussy -- Flow in the arts and humanities : on cultivating human complexity / Katherine Vrooman, Kelsey Procter Finley, Jeanne Nakamura, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Stories for good : transportation into narrative worlds / Kaitlin Fitzgerald and Melanie Green -- Awe, approached / Piercarlo Valdesolo -- The role of reflection in transformative learning : staff and student experiences / Camille Kandiko Howson and Saranne Weller -- Creativity and human flourishing / Mark Runco -- The flourishing congregations project : character strengths pathways to enhance well-being beyond the individual / Rachel Hershberg, Ryan Niemiec, and Irwin Kula -- No man is an island : how community arts and social support underpin well-being / Katie Wright-Bevans and Alexandra Lamont -- A walk in the sun : the awakening of human flourishing in creative youth development / Ivonne Chand O'Neal -- Love and other positive emotions in social practice and contemporary visual art / Claire Schneider and Barbara L. Fredrickson -- Music and flourishing / Alexandra Lamont -- Visual arts and community well-being / Lois Hetland and Cathy Kelley -- Film and meaning / Keith Oatley -- Embodiment and containment : flexible pathways to flourishing in theatre / Thalia R. Goldstein and Kristen Hayes -- Philosophy and well-being / Justin Ivory and Valerie Tiberius -- History and human flourishing : using the past to address the present / Peter Stearns -- Practical wisdom : what philosophy and literature can add to psychology / Barry Schwartz -- Contributions of reading fiction to well-being : positive, negative, and ambiguous consequences of engaging with fiction / David Kidd -- The holiness of wholeness : religious contributions to human flourishing / Kenneth I. Pargament, Serena Wong, and Julie J. Exline -- Insight and sight : the interplay between the humanities and business and the impact on student well-being / Anne M. Greenhalgh, Douglas E. Allen, and Jeffrey Nesteruk -- The medical humanities : embracing the interdisciplinary art of medicine and healthcare / Faye Reiff-Pasarew -- Investigating the contributions of the public humanities to human development / David Kidd -- A new concept for museum "museotherapy" : promoting health, well-being and therapy through art / Nathalie Bondil and Stephen Legari -- Humanities and public policy : forging citizens and the nation / Daniel Fisher, Beatrice Gurwitz, Cecily Erin Hill, Stephen Kidd, and Scott Muir -- The contribution of the arts to flourishing and health / Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt and Alan Howarth. |
| Abstract | "The Oxford Handbook of the Positive Humanities is the foundational scientific reference for the new and rapidly growing field of the Positive Humanities, an emerging interdisciplinary domain of inquiry and practice focused on the arts and humanities in relation to human flourishing. This handbook comprises 38 chapters authored by more than 70 leading experts across a wide range of academic disciplines. The volume begins with an overview of the science and culture of human flourishing, covering historical and current trends in this literature. Next, contributors consider the well-being benefits of engagement with the arts and humanities, identifying neurological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social pathways to human flourishing. These pathways lead to detailed investigations of individual fields within the arts and humanities, including music, art, theatre, film, literature, philosophy, history, and religion. Along the way, the book synthesizes theory, research, and exemplary practice, concluding with thought-provoking discussions of avenues for public engagement and policy. With its expansive coverage of both the field as a whole and specialized disciplinary and interdisciplinary drivers, this handbook advances the literature on the theory and science of well-being and extends the scope of the arts and humanities"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021027808 |
| ISBN | 9780190064570 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |