The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?

This article describes the phenomenon of the "governance of well-being," which includes the use of happiness as a tool of power used by governmental, non-governmental, and public and private organizations around the world. Based on a chronological exploration of contemporary global policie...

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Autores: Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468, Parellada Guillamón, Sergi|||0009-0003-8802-5922, Tirado Serrano, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7093-056X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
español
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Palabra clave:Happiness
Governmentality
Positive psychology
Psychopolitics
Power
Felicidad
Gubernamentalidad
Psicología positiva
Psicopolítica
Poder
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spelling The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?El Gobierno del Bienestar: ¿Hacia un "Mundo Feliz"?Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468Parellada Guillamón, Sergi|||0009-0003-8802-5922Tirado Serrano, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7093-056XHappinessGovernmentalityPositive psychologyPsychopoliticsPowerFelicidadGubernamentalidadPsicología positivaPsicopolíticaPoderThis article describes the phenomenon of the "governance of well-being," which includes the use of happiness as a tool of power used by governmental, non-governmental, and public and private organizations around the world. Based on a chronological exploration of contemporary global policies and through the happiness practices that we can find in the different areas of daily life, it is explained that happiness is becoming a device of social control and that it is being institutionalized through its 1) universalization, 2) privatization, 3) scientification, and 4) blackboxing. Finally, the consequences of all this are exposed in order to prevent the imperative of happiness from governing us towards a Huxleyan "brave new world," in which a "welfare regime" could prevail that seems less and less utopian.En este artículo se describe el fenómeno del "gobierno del bienestar", que comprende el uso de la felicidad como herramienta de poder utilizada por organismos gubernamentales, no gubernamentales, y organizaciones públicas y privadas de todo el planeta. A partir de una exploración cronológica de las políticas globales contemporáneas y a través de las prácticas felicistas que podemos encontrar en los diferentes ámbitos de nuestra vida cotidiana se explica que la felicidad se está convirtiendo en un dispositivo de control social y que se está institucionalizando mediante su 1) Universalización, 2) Privatización, 3) Cientificación, y 4) Cajanegrización. Finalmente, se exponen las consecuencias de todo ello con el objetivo de evitar que el imperativo de felicidad nos gobierne hacia un "mundo feliz" huxleyano en el que podría imperar un "régimen del bienestar" que cada vez parece menos utópico. 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/328528reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEspañolspaopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:uabarcelona_::915e2639543d73c3ac406f8891007bc92026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
El Gobierno del Bienestar: ¿Hacia un "Mundo Feliz"?
title The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
spellingShingle The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468
Happiness
Governmentality
Positive psychology
Psychopolitics
Power
Felicidad
Gubernamentalidad
Psicología positiva
Psicopolítica
Poder
title_short The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
title_full The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
title_fullStr The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
title_full_unstemmed The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
title_sort The Governance of Well-being: Towards a "Brave new World"?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468
Parellada Guillamón, Sergi|||0009-0003-8802-5922
Tirado Serrano, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7093-056X
author Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468
author_facet Romaní Rivera, Alex|||0000-0003-2045-8468
Parellada Guillamón, Sergi|||0009-0003-8802-5922
Tirado Serrano, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7093-056X
author_role author
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Tirado Serrano, Francisco Javier|||0000-0001-7093-056X
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Happiness
Governmentality
Positive psychology
Psychopolitics
Power
Felicidad
Gubernamentalidad
Psicología positiva
Psicopolítica
Poder
topic Happiness
Governmentality
Positive psychology
Psychopolitics
Power
Felicidad
Gubernamentalidad
Psicología positiva
Psicopolítica
Poder
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