Valérie Wyns
Happiness in the Kingdom of the Cleopatras
Číslo: 2/2018
Periodikum: Historická sociologie
DOI: 10.14712/23363525.2018.47
Klíčová slova: Ptolemies; Hellenism; ancient Egypt; happiness studies; well-being
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Anotace:
The cross-cultural application of happiness studies has led to many interesting results
over the last few decades. The merits of this field of research are widely recognized, resulting for
instance in government strategies taking into account the scores of the World Happiness Index,
rather than just Gross National Product and other economic parameters. However, not all fields
of study related to sociology have completely caught up with recent developments, in particularly
historical studies. Some pilot studies with a limited scope on applying happiness research to periods
of time and regions in the past have already been executed with promising results. This paper
proposes a happiness index for Hellenistic Egypt (332–30 BC), taking into account recent developments
in the field of sociology and the specificity of the source material for this particular period
and region. The goal is not to measure absolute happiness in a quantitative study involving scales,
but studying government impact on the well-being of Egypt’s inhabitants through predetermined
parameters derived from studies on cross-cultural determinants of happiness.
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over the last few decades. The merits of this field of research are widely recognized, resulting for
instance in government strategies taking into account the scores of the World Happiness Index,
rather than just Gross National Product and other economic parameters. However, not all fields
of study related to sociology have completely caught up with recent developments, in particularly
historical studies. Some pilot studies with a limited scope on applying happiness research to periods
of time and regions in the past have already been executed with promising results. This paper
proposes a happiness index for Hellenistic Egypt (332–30 BC), taking into account recent developments
in the field of sociology and the specificity of the source material for this particular period
and region. The goal is not to measure absolute happiness in a quantitative study involving scales,
but studying government impact on the well-being of Egypt’s inhabitants through predetermined
parameters derived from studies on cross-cultural determinants of happiness.