Publication: El código espiritualista de la autoayuda: la felicidad negativa
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2018
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Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
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El artículo que sigue es un análisis crítico de la autoayuda contemporánea para lograr la felicidad. Estudio la autoayuda dentro de lo que llamo la vía negativa a la felicidad, como ausencia de turbulencias internas o serenidad. Dicha vía se opone a la vía positiva, lenguaje moral primario de la felicidad que proclama la psicología positiva, frente al lenguaje secundario de las espiritualidades del yo y su autoayuda. Sigo a Norbert Elias en su análisis de los diferentes códigos de comportamiento. Como él, analizo las legitimaciones o justificaciones de sus mandatos. Asimismo, las influencias de la autoayuda espiritualista, como la psicología positiva, el neobudismo y la neurociencia. Se discuten críticamente los mandatos sobre el control de las emociones y el pensamiento, y sus tensiones internas. De ello resulta una amalgama contradictoria sobre el concepto del yo y las recomendaciones para alcanzar la felicidad negativa.
The following article is a critical analysis of the contemporary self-help literature centered upon reaching happiness. I analyze the self-help literature of what I have called the negative route to happiness. Happiness here is identified with lack of inner troubles, as tranquility. This route is opposed to the positive one, that I consider the primary moral language on happiness, theorized by positive psychology. Contrariwise, the negative route is a secondary moral language, and it is related to the self-spiritualities. I follow the work of Norbert Elias, and his analysis of the different codes of behavior. I analyze the legitimations or justifications of the mandates. I study the influences of spiritual self-help, such as positive psychology, neobudism and neuroscience. I also analyze the directions about emotional selfcontrol and style of thinking, and its inner tensions. This self-help produces a motley and contradictory notion of the self, and the recommendations directed to reach happiness in its negative sense.
The following article is a critical analysis of the contemporary self-help literature centered upon reaching happiness. I analyze the self-help literature of what I have called the negative route to happiness. Happiness here is identified with lack of inner troubles, as tranquility. This route is opposed to the positive one, that I consider the primary moral language on happiness, theorized by positive psychology. Contrariwise, the negative route is a secondary moral language, and it is related to the self-spiritualities. I follow the work of Norbert Elias, and his analysis of the different codes of behavior. I analyze the legitimations or justifications of the mandates. I study the influences of spiritual self-help, such as positive psychology, neobudism and neuroscience. I also analyze the directions about emotional selfcontrol and style of thinking, and its inner tensions. This self-help produces a motley and contradictory notion of the self, and the recommendations directed to reach happiness in its negative sense.