A review by sleuthed
The Happiness Fantasy by Carl Cederström

4.0

A brief overview of the capitalist development of happiness as a goal someone can achieve (rather than an emotion which comes and goes), from individualistic hedonism of the 60-70s, to the soul crushing neoliberal "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" attitude. Cederstrom advocates for an alternative version of happiness (fulfillment might be the better word) which places community care over individual profit; eg, an anticapitalist, feminist reorganization of society. Cederson doesn't go very in depth into what this may look like, but that work has been done by many others already.