greater control over their destiny. Assuming that Cederström and others do not suggest a return to an arbitrary pre-Socratic world, the question of how this line of thought can be integrated in political struggle seems all the more urgent. Further elaboration of this community of joyful subjects – indeed a hopeful line of thought – would be preferable. Furthermore, and also important, Cederström’s claim that the happiness fantasy he has explored ended with Trump certainly remains to be proven. Whatever the future holds, Cederström’s way of operating in the borderland between philosophy, psychoanalysis, sociology and economics and his ability to think through the common as well as the sublime is quite impressive. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is specifically interested in critical happiness studies and to those who have a general interest in a critique of late modern capitalism, the politics of the self and the consequences of contemporary psychologising tendencies.

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更好地掌控自己的命运。假设 Cederström 和其他人不建议回到一个武断的前苏格拉底世界，那么如何将这种思想路线整合到政治斗争中的问题似乎更加紧迫。进一步阐述这个由快乐主题组成的社区——实际上是一个充满希望的思路——会更可取。此外，同样重要的是，塞德斯特伦声称他所探索的幸福幻想以特朗普告终，当然还有待证明。无论未来如何，塞德斯特伦在哲学、精神分析、社会学和经济学之间的边界运作的方式以及他通过普通和崇高进行思考的能力都令人印象深刻。