Ronald E. Purser

Achtsamkeit ist derzeit in aller Munde. Für viele gehört sie schon längst zum Mainstream, einige bezeichnen sie sogar als "Revolution". Doch was, wenn Achtsamkeit gar nicht die Welt verändert? Ronald E. Purser wagt die Antithese: Achtsamkeit ist zu einer banalen Form von Spiritualität im Kapitalismus geworden – einer, die aktiv sozialen und politischen Wandel verhindert und stattdessen dem Neoliberalismus den Weg ebnet. Purser beleuchtet, wie Konzerne, Schulen, Regierungen und Militär sich Achtsamkeit als Mittel für soziale Kontrolle und Ruhigstellung angeeignet haben. Er hinterfragt das gängige Narrativ, nach dem Stress vor allem selbstgeschaffen und eigenständig lösbar sei und Achtsamkeit das Allheilmittel. Mit beißender Kritik rüttelt er an den Grundfesten, auf denen die Vermarktung der sogenannten Revolution basiert. Denn um das wahrhaft revolutionäre Potenzial von Achtsamkeit zu entdecken, müssen wir den Neoliberalismus erst überwinden.

Wie Achtsamkeit die neue Spiritualität des Kapitalismus wurde

Nirbhay N. Singh

Steven Stanley

This handbook explores the multifaceted ethical dimensions of mindfulness, from early Buddhist sources to present-day Western interpretations of mindfulness. It takes a modern ethical approach to the study of mindfulness, and traces contemporary mindfulness practice from solitary journey to the global whole. Noted practitioners, teachers, scholars, and other professionals lend diverse perspectives to the debate over the moral content of mindfulness and its status as religious, secular, or post-secular practice. Chapters offer new views on the roots of mindfulness in Buddhist moral teachings, ethical mindfulness in interpersonal relationships, and the necessity of ethics in mindfulness-based education and therapy. Chapters also discuss current debates concerning the ethics of mindfulness across the applied fields of education and pedagogy, business, economics, and the environment. Topics featured in this handbook include: · Mindfulness as the true foundation of a naturally ethical life. · Mindfulness and its impact on emotional life, interpersonal relationships, and forgiveness. · How Buddhist ethics informs spiritual practice across the three main vehicles (yanas) of Buddhism and its relation to mindfulness. · “McMindfulness”, or the mass marketization and commodification of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). · How an ethic of interdependence formed by Buddhist principles and mindfulness practices can help address the environmental crisis. The Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in psychology, complementary and alternative medicine, and social work as well as occupational and rehabilitation therapy, nursing, philosophy, business management, and teachers of Buddhism and meditation.

Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness

Steven Cabana

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The Self Managing Organization

Adam Burke

David Forbes

This handbook explores mindfulness philosophy and practice as it functions in today’s socioeconomic, cultural, and political landscape. Chapters discuss the many ways in which classic concepts and practices of mindfulness clash, converge, and influence modern theories and methods, and vice versa. Experts across many disciplines address the secularization and commercialization of Buddhist concepts, the medicalizing of mindfulness in therapies, and progressive uses of mindfulness in education. The book addresses the rise of the, “mindfulness movement”, and the core concerns behind the critiques of the growing popularity of mindfulness. It covers a range of dichotomies, such as traditional versus modern, religious versus secular, and commodification versus critical thought and probes beyond the East/West binary to larger questions of economics, philosophy, ethics, and, ultimately, meaning. Featured topics include: A compilation of Buddhist meditative practices. Selling mindfulness and the marketing of mindful products. A meta-critique of mindfulness critiques - from McMindfulness to critical mindfulness Mindfulness-based interventions in clinical psychology and neuroscience. Corporate mindfulness and usage in the workplace. Community-engaged mindfulness and its role in social justice. The Handbook of Mindfulness is a must-have resource for clinical psychologists, complementary and alternative medicine professionals/practitioners, neuroscientists, and educational and business/management leaders and policymakers as well as related mental health, medical, and educational professionals/practitioners.

Ronald E. Purser

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