Jaime Kucinskas

Mindful Elite

Mobilizing from the Inside Out

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Produktbeschreibung

The Mindful Elite delves into the elite foundation of the mindfulness movement, showing how its leaders' choices to spread meditation through elite networks both facilitated the rapid rise of mindful meditation, and undermined meditators' intentions to transform society from the cushion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780190881818
• ISBN-10: 019088181X
• Artikelnr.: 53608689

Autorenporträt

Jaime Kucinskas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College. Her research focuses on spirituality, social change, and inequality.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I: An Introduction to the Mindful Elite
* 1. The Contemplative Elite and Capitalism: A Case of Contradictions,
Successes and Shortcomings
* 2. A Brief History of Buddhist-Inspired American Spirituality,
1830s-1970s
* 3. The Contemplatives (1979- )
* Part II: Mobilizing Meditation through Consensus-Based Strategies
* 4. Accessing Institutions
* 5. Making Mindfulness Appealing
* 6. Interventions' Transformation from the Inside Out
* 7. The Elite Circuit
* Part III: Assessing the Contemplatives' Success, 2013-2016
* 8. Collective Authenticity
* 9. In Conclusion
* References
* Appendix: Data Collection and Analysis
* Endnotes