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 co-opted it
as a 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.
McMindfulness : How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality - Ronald Purser
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