| Abstract: | Comments on the article by M. Csikszentmihalyi (see record 1999-11644-003) on materialism and the flow experience as an explanation of happiness. In looking at his data through the common Western values of individualism, rationalism, and the Protestant work ethic, Csikszentmihalyi may have overlooked the substance of happiness that has been frequently described in other cultures as experiencing the absence of self by being in a state of intimate connectivity with others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
