Suffering in the Race for Happiness

The utopian notion that there is a time and place where perfect happiness exists deeply rooted in Western thought alienates people from life the here now. Happiness perceived as purpose of life. Moreover, suffering are presented opposites contingent upon person’s actions. For thousands years, avoidance have been motives behind every action, conceptual basis for this still contemporary discourse culture. roots perception can be found, inter alia, culture’s religious texts. In paper, we use genealogical method to interrogate constitutive texts culture examine origins it constitutes opposite suffering. enables us deconstruct causal relationship lies at core premise. Genealogy deals with past, but its main understanding critique reality; exposing our cultural past reduces control necessity over lives.