01325nas a2200109   4500008004100000245006000041210005600101260001200157520095400169100002301123856006901146       2014                        eng d00aWELL-BEING AS A SOCIAL MUST. BUT IS WELL-BEING HEALTHY?0 aWELLBEING AS A SOCIAL MUST BUT IS WELLBEING HEALTHY  aLeipzig3 a<p>WELL-BEING AS A SOCIAL MUST. BUT IS WELL-BEING HEALTHY? Francesca Gardiol Today the frantic search for well-being seems to be a social must: living well has become the new imperative, sadness, anger, anxiety, are feelings to be deleted. Subjective well-being is actually a normative construct, that is the product of the values and core principles in a culture. In the consumer society the most important aim is a "happy life"; the necessary condition for being happy is to possess and consume certain items and enjoy a certain lifestyle, and being happy is a hallmark of respectability and therefore also of dignity and self-esteem. If we are not happy it’s our fault and we are inadequate. We should start thinking about a new idea of ecological well-being where well-being is no longer thought of as individual happiness of any kind, but as a holistic concept that reinstates the notions of community, negative emotions, sense of limits.</p>1 aGardiol, Francesca  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3499