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The Happy Depressive: In Pursuit of Personal and Political Happiness

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Happy Depressive: In Pursuit of Personal and Political Happiness

Contributors:

By (Author) Alastair Campbell

ISBN:

9780099579823

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publication Date:

15th April 2012

UK Publication Date:

12th April 2012

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Autobiography: historical, political and military
Popular psychology
Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions

Dewey:

941.085092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

96

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm

Weight:

74g

Description

Now in print, Alastair Campbell's timely and thought-provoking short book, The Happy Depressive. Are you happy Does it matter Increasingly, governments seem to think so. As the UK government conducts its first happiness survey, Alastair Campbell looks at happiness as a political as well as a personal issue; what it should mean to us, what it means to him. Taking in economic and political theories, he questions how happiness can survive in a grossly negative media culture, and how it could inform social policy. But happiness is also deeply personal. Campbell, who suffers from depression, looks in the mirror and finds a bittersweet reflection, a life divided between the bad and not-so-bad days, where the highest achievements in his professional life could leave him numb, and he can somehow look back on a catastrophic breakdown twenty-five years ago as the best thing that happened to him. He writes too of what he has learned from the recent death of his best friend, further informing his view that the pursuit of happiness is a long game. Originally published as part of the Brain Shots series, the pre-eminent source for high-quality, short-form digital non-fiction.

Reviews

Through exploring what happiness is, where it comes from, what it stands for and how it can be created and maintained both personally and politically, Alastair reveals a side of himself that many readers have probably never seen before or didn't know even existed. -- Ilona Burton * Mind Blog *

Author Bio

Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1957, the son of a vet. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in modern languages, his first chosen career was journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. Campbell worked for Tony Blair - first as press secretary, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy - from 1994 to 2003, since when he has been mainly engaged in writing, public speaking, consultancy and charity work. He returned to help Labour in the 2005 and 2010 elections. He is an ambassador for the Time to Change campaign to break down stigma and taboo surrounding mental illness. His interests include running, cycling, playing the bagpipes and following the varying fortunes of Burnley Football Club.

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