Handbook of Mindfulness: Culture, Context, and Social Engagement

Front Matter....Pages i-xl
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Transformations of Mindfulness....Pages 3-14
The Challenge of Mindful Engagement....Pages 15-26
Mindfulness Within the Full Range of Buddhist and Asian Meditative Practices....Pages 27-45
Mindfulness: Traditional and Utilitarian....Pages 47-62
Can “Secular” Mindfulness Be Separated from Religion?....Pages 63-74
The Mindful Self in Space and Time....Pages 75-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-106
Selling Mindfulness: Commodity Lineages and the Marketing of Mindful Products....Pages 107-107
Mindfulness and the Moral Imperative for the Self to Improve the Self....Pages 109-119
The Critique of Mindfulness and the Mindfulness of Critique: Paying Attention to the Politics of Our Selves with Foucault’s Analytic of Governmentality....Pages 121-134
A Meta-Critique of Mindfulness Critiques: From McMindfulness to Critical Mindfulness....Pages 135-152
Notes Toward a Coming Backlash....Pages 153-166
Is There a Corporate Takeover of the Mindfulness Industry? An Exploration of Western Mindfulness in the Public and Private Sector....Pages 167-179
Corporate Mindfulness and the Pathologization of Workplace Stress....Pages 181-194
Mindfulness in the Working Life. Beyond the “Corporate” View, in Search for New Spaces of Awareness and Equanimity....Pages 195-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-230
Against One Method: Contemplation in Context....Pages 231-231
Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Clinical Psychology, Buddhadharma, or Both? A Wisdom Perspective....Pages 233-242
Mindfulness: The Bottled Water of the Therapy Industry....Pages 243-268
The Fourth Treasure: Psychotherapy’s Contribution to the Dharma....Pages 269-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-304
Saving the World: Personalized Communication of Mindfulness Neuroscience....Pages 305-322
The Ultimate Rx: Cutting Through the Delusion of Self-cherishing....Pages 231-231
Front Matter....Pages 323-335
Critical Integral Contemplative Education....Pages 337-352
What Is the Sound of One Invisible Hand Clapping? Neoliberalism, the Invisibility of Asian and Asian American Buddhists, and Secular Mindfulness in Education....Pages 353-353
Through a Glass Darkly: The Neglect of Ethical and Educational Elements in Mindfulness-Based Interventions....Pages 355-367
Education as the Practice of Freedom: A Social Justice Proposal for Mindfulness Educators....Pages 369-381
The Curriculum of Right Mindfulness: The Relational Self and the Capacity for Compassion....Pages 383-396
Community-Engaged Mindfulness and Social Justice: An Inquiry and Call to Action....Pages 397-409
A Critical and Comprehensive Review of Mindfulness in the Early Years....Pages 411-424
A “Mechanism of Hope”: Mindfulness, Education, and the Developing Brain....Pages 425-439
Using a Mindfulness-Oriented Academic Success Course to Reduce Self-limiting Social Stereotypes in a Higher Education Context....Pages 441-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-458
Meditation Matters: Replies to the Anti-McMindfulness Bandwagon!....Pages 459-470
Criticism Matters: A Response to Rick Repetti....Pages 471-471
Back Matter....Pages 473-493
....Pages 495-504