McMindfulness : how mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality
Purser, Ronald E., 1956-2019
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Mindfulness is now all the rage. From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have even called it a revolution. But what if, instead of changing the world, mindfulness has become a banal form of capitalist spirituality that mindlessly avoids social and political transformation, reinforcing the neoliberal status quo? In McMindfulness, Ronald Purser debunks the so-called ''mindfulness revolution,'' exposing how corporations, schools, governments and the military have coopted it as technique for social control and self-pacification. A lively and razor-sharp critique, Purser busts the myths its salesmen rely on, challenging the narrative that stress is self-imposed and mindfulness is the cure-all. If we are to harness the truly revolutionary potential of mindfulness, we have to cast off its neoliberal shackles, liberating mindfulness for a collective awakening.
Main title:
McMindfulness : how mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality / Ronald E. Purser.
Author:
Purser, Ronald E., 1956-, author
Imprint:
London : Repeater, 2019.©2019
Collation:
296 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-291).
ISBN:
9781912248315 (pbk)9781912248315 (paperback)
Dewey class:
158.13
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
604727
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| City Library | -Health | HEALTH 158.13 PURS | Available |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Health | HEALTH 158.13 PURS | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Health | HEALTH 158.13 PURS | Available |