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The Mindful Elite - Mobilizing from the Inside Out (Hardcover)
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The Mindful Elite - Mobilizing from the Inside Out (Hardcover)
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Mindful meditation is now embraced in virtually all corners of
society today, from K-12 schools to Fortune 100 companies, and its
virtues extolled by national and international media almost daily.
It is thought to benefit our health and overall well-being, to
counter stress, to help children pay attention, and to foster
creativity, productivity and emotional intelligence. Yet in the
1960s and 1970s meditation was viewed as a marginal,
counter-cultural practice, or a religious ritual for Asian
immigrants. How did mindfulness become mainstream? In The Mindful
Elite, Jamie Kucinskas reveals who is behind the mindfulness
movement, and the engine they built to propel mindfulness into
public consciousness. Drawing on over a hundred first-hand accounts
with top scientists, religious leaders, educators, business people
and investors, Kucinskas shows how this highly accomplished,
affluent group in America transformed meditation into an appealing
set of contemplative practices. Rather than relying on
confrontation and protest to make their mark and improve society,
the contemplatives sought a cultural revolution by building elite
networks and advocating the benefits of meditation across
professions. Yet, spreading the Dharma far and wide came with
unintended consequences and this idealistic myopia came to
reinforce some of the problems it originally aspired to solve. A
critical look at this Buddhist-inspired movement, The Mindful Elite
explores how elite movements can spread and draws larger lessons
for other social, cultural, and religious movements across
institutions and organizations.
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