The mindful elite : mobilizing from the inside out

The mindful elite : mobilizing from the inside out / Jaime Kucinskas.

From the halls of the Ivy League to the C-suite at Fortune 500 companies, this book reveals the people behind the mindfulness movement, and the engine they built to propel mindfulness into public consciousness. Based on over a hundred interviews with meditating scientists, religious leaders, educato...

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Main Author: Kucinskas, Jaime (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Mindfulness (Psychology)
PSYCHOLOGY > Applied Psychology.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > General.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Success.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: An introduction to the mindful elite. The contemplative elite and capitalism : a case of contradictions, successes, and shortcomings
  • A brief history of Buddhist-inspired American spirituality, 1830s-1970s
  • The contemplatives (1979- )
  • Part II: Mobilizing meditation through consensus-based strategies. Accessing institutions
  • Making mindfulness appealing
  • Interventions' transformation from the inside out
  • The elite circuit
  • Part III: Assessing the contemplatives' success, 2013-2016. Collective authenticity
  • In conclusion.

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