2018年9月28日開催公開講演(9/28)：幸せのマニフェストー消費社会から関係性の豊かな社会へ（ステファノ・バルトリーニ教授、シエナ大学）

幸せのマニフェストー消費社会から関係性の豊かな社会へ

ステファノ・バルトリーニ（シエナ大学政治経済・統計学部）

日時：9月28日 15:10-18:30

場所：国際基督教大学本館 H-213

Prof. Stefano Bartolini introduces the outline of his book Manifesto for Happiness: How to Shift from the Society of Well-having to that of Well-being, whose Japanese translation was published in August 2018. In this book, Bartolini explains complex relationships between economic growth and the decline of happiness in the US society, using a highly original theoretical model called the 'defensive growth' model. He also brings to light the problems of post-democracy which lies at the heart of consumerist society and delineates how political elites in advanced societies follow the interests of big business at the expense of well-beings of ordinary citizens. His work not only reveals institutional problems of market-driven capitalism but also highlights socio-political backgrounds in which the right-wing reactionary populism emerges in advanced societies such as US and Europe. As opposed to the prevailing dooms-day scenario, Bartolini proposes the transition to post-growth and the implementation of policy programmes for relational society.