Happiness and Domestic Life

Maria Teresa Russo, PhD, is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Bioethics at Roma Tre University. She is also a member of the scientific board of Italian and International journals. Her research focuses on Spanish and French contemporary philosophy, ethical issues of healthcare and embodiment, with special reference to Women’s Studies. Her works include: Olfaction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Life Sciences to Philosophy (2021); The human body as a problem in post-modern culture (2020) and Per un éthos dello spazio urbano e domestico: il contributo della filosofia delle donne (2017). Antonio Argandoña is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Business Ethics, IESE Business School, University of Navarra. His research interests include business ethics, social responsibility, and home issues. His most recent books are The Home: Multidisciplinary Reflections (2017), People, Care and Work in the Home (2020) and The Home in the Digital Age (2021). Richard Peatfield qualified from the University of Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital and trained in General Medicine and Neurology in London and Leeds. He has been Consultant Neurologist, Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, Charing Cross Hospital, honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London and he was the book review editor for Cephalalgia.

Introduction: Happiness and Domestic Life




Part 1:

DOMESTIC HAPPINESS BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES1. The Impact of Domestic Happiness on Public Space

2. Care, Flourishing, Happiness: The Challenge at Home

3. Home After/During/Around the Pandemic of Individualism




Part 2:

TECHNOLOGY, DOMESTICATION AND WELL-BEING IN THE HOME4. Home Implosion: Digital Media and the Reinvention of the Private Sphere

5. Creating Meaningful Connected Homes: The Relationships and Dynamics of Household-Digital Technology Interactions in Fostering Wellbeing

6. Smart Homes and Domestic Wellbeing: What has been Lost?




Part

3: HOME LIFE, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING 7. Home Activities and Happiness: Assessments based on Meeting Points between Human Resources Retention Practices and Stages of Happiness

8. How do the New Work-Related Digital Technologies allow for Maximum Opportunities for those Home Activities and Connections, that will lead to Greater Individual Happiness?

9. The Home: A Creative Laboratory during Covid-19

10. Positive Parenting in Covid-19 Times




Part 4:

HAPPY DWELLING? CRITICALITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CHANGES IN URBAN LIVING 11. The "kitchenless house": radical changes in home design and their impact on human well-being

12. The "Neighbourhood" as a Pivotal Element of the Infrastructure of a Flourishing Society

13. Architecture in Between: Social Change and Happiness Cross-Temporal Analysis of Urban Living in Twentieth Century Iraq