Advancing the understanding, assessment, and cultivation of well-being by means of a deep and sustained collaboration between the arts, humanities, and the social sciences

The Humanities and Human Flourishing

This book offers a landmark exploration of what the arts and humanities can contribute to the conceptualization and cultivation of human flourishing. Edited by James O. Pawelski--founding director of the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the University of Pennsylvania--this book serves as the capstone of a decade-long, nine-volume inquiry into the emerging field of the Positive Humanities. Bringing together leading scholars from eight core disciplines in the arts and humanities--philosophy, history, literary studies, religious studies and theology, theater, cinema and media, music, and the visual arts--it provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of how these disciplines engage with, understand, and advance human flourishing.