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From well-being to well-living: Towards a post-capitalist understanding of quality of life
Article by: S A Hamed Hosseini
Source: Hosseini, S. (2018). From well-being to well-living: Towards a post-capitalist understanding of quality of life. [Journal Article]. AQ – Australian Quarterly, 89(2), 35-39. Retrieved from https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=472003185948185;res=IELAPA
Australians are told that they live in one of the top 10 richest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and that they enjoy a level of ‘well-being’ or ‘quality-of-life’ higher than many other advanced societies. Australia is ranked second after Norway on the OECD Better Life Index (2017), a new index developed to measure nations’ wellbeing more inclusively than the older methods that focused on wealth or income. This index includes non-monetary aspects of social life such as employment, environment and education.
Although such shifts in our understanding of wellbeing must be welcomed, the concept of wellbeing hasn’t been liberated from its underlying hegemonic political agendas and has become even more complicated by an increasing public, state and corporate interest.
Read the rest of the article here: http://thecommonalts.com/from-wellbeing-to-well-living/
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By Dr S A Hamed HosseiniArticle by: S A Hamed Hosseini
Source: Hosseini, S. (2018). From well-being to well-living: Towards a post-capitalist understanding of quality of life. [Journal Article]. AQ – Australian Quarterly, 89(2), 35-39. Retrieved from https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=472003185948185;res=IELAPA
Australians are told that they live in one of the top 10 richest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and that they enjoy a level of ‘well-being’ or ‘quality-of-life’ higher than many other advanced societies. Australia is ranked second after Norway on the OECD Better Life Index (2017), a new index developed to measure nations’ wellbeing more inclusively than the older methods that focused on wealth or income. This index includes non-monetary aspects of social life such as employment, environment and education.
Although such shifts in our understanding of wellbeing must be welcomed, the concept of wellbeing hasn’t been liberated from its underlying hegemonic political agendas and has become even more complicated by an increasing public, state and corporate interest.
Read the rest of the article here: http://thecommonalts.com/from-wellbeing-to-well-living/