Psychological topics, Vol. 18 No. 2, 2009.
Original scientific paper
The Promise of Positive Psychology
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
; Claremont Graduate University
Abstract
Positive Psychology has demonstrated its usefulness in studying and contributing to individual well being. The next big challenge for this new field is to help improving the social and cultural conditions in which people live. Three specific goals are discussed: A more complete understanding of human nature; forging a more sustainable and more fair social contract; and a rediscovery of the joys of existence. If Positive Psychology will be able to support these goals, it will become an important contributor to the evolution of human consciousness and the evolution of culture.
Keywords
alternatives to materialism; cultural evolution; education; evolution of consciousness; goals of positive psychology; psychology; joy; new social contract
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48209
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Publication date:
15.12.2009.
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