Mindlessness : the corruption of mindfulness in a culture of narcissism
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Mindlessness : the corruption of mindfulness in a culture of narcissism
Oxford University Press, c2017
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Summary: "How Mindfulness Lost Its Mind chronicles the promising rise of mindfulness and its troubling corruption. Joiner gives mindfulness its full due, both as an interesting and useful philosophical vantage point in itself, and as an empirically supported means to address various life challenges. He then charts contemporary societal trends towards individual narcissism that have intertwined with and co-opted the mindfulness movement. The book examines the dispiriting consequences for many sectors of society, ponders ways to mitigate if not undo them, and considers what if anything can be salvaged from the original, useful concept"-- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index