Positive psychology and eudamonia
by Matrin Seligman
Positive psychology is a relatively young branch of psychology that “studies the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.” People have been discussing the question of human happiness since at least Ancient Greece.
Martin E.P. Seligman is an American psychologist and writer. He is well known for his work on the idea of “learned helplessness“, and more recently, for his contributions to leadership in the field of Positive Psychology.
According to Haggbloom et al’s study of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century, Seligman was the 13th most frequently cited psychologist in introductory psychology textbooks throughout the century.
Clinical psychology, social psychology has, in our lifetimes, been able to relieve an enormous amount of suffering, notes Martin Seligman. “Can psychologists can make people lastingly happier?,” he asks.
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