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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Kucinskas. |
ISBN: | 9780190881818 019088181X |
OCLC Number: | 1310371858 |
Description: | x, 231 p. ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Part I: An Introduction to the Mindful Elite 1. The Contemplative Elite & Capitalism: A Case of Contradictions, Successes and Shortcomings2. A Brief History of Buddhist-Inspired American Spirituality, 1830s-1970s 3. The Contemplatives (1979- ) Part II: Mobilizing Meditation through Consensus-Based Strategies 4. Accessing Institutions5. 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 |
Responsibility: | Jaime Kucinskas. |
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Jamie Kucinskas' The Mindful Elite: Mobilizing from the Inside Out offers unique, important contributions to the growing scholarly conversation surrounding the use of contemporary mindfulness practices in nearly every segment of society - from health care and education to the military and corporate sectors. * Ira Helderman, Reading Religion * This surprising, if ambiguous, "success" story will be of interest to students of religion, social movements, and social change, as well as change agents themselves, who will each benefit from the insight and balanced perspective that Kucinskas provides. * Ruth Braunstein, University of Connecticut, American Journal of Sociology * The Mindful Elite: Mobilizing from the Inside Out is an excellent book...It will attract readers from diferent theoretical and empirical perspectives who are interested in religion and spirituality, such as Eastern religions, spirituality, cultural difusion, and religious (and spiritual) movements. While it would be an excellent reader for graduate-level seminars on these topics, The Mindful Elite is also highly accessible. Selected chapters wouldbe appropriate for undergraduate students who are interested in contemporary religious issues. * Di Di, Santa Clara University, Review of Religious Research * The Mindful Elite is an excellent work, a central text for the study of contemporary spirituality. * Jerry Z. Park, Baylor University, Sociology of Religion * Read more...

