Mindfulness and Resilience in Britain: A Genealogy of the “Present Moment”
In Britain, mindfulness practice has increasingly been incorporated into preventative healthcare as a support for psychological resilience. An awareness practice originating in Buddhism, mindfulness is framed as a scientifically verified way of cultivating a skilful engagement with life to support m...
Publié dans: | Journal of global buddhism |
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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2021
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Journal of global buddhism
Année: 2021, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 83-103 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Großbritannien
/ Buddhisme
/ Vigilance
/ Santé mentale
/ Résilience
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychologie de la religion BL Bouddhisme KBF Îles britanniques |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Buddhism
B Psychology B Britain B Mindfulness B Resilience |
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Informations sur les droits: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
Résumé: | In Britain, mindfulness practice has increasingly been incorporated into preventative healthcare as a support for psychological resilience. An awareness practice originating in Buddhism, mindfulness is framed as a scientifically verified way of cultivating a skilful engagement with life to support mental health. What has led to this unprecedented interest in mindfulness? And how have British people come to think of cultivating a kindly relationship with their own minds as a constituent aspect of the “good life”? In this paper, I explore the specifically British history that informs the association between mindfulness and psychological resilience today. I show that the association between psychological resilience and mindfulness practice is the result of broader historical concerns about the nature of modern society and psychology. Taking a genealogical approach, I argue that changing patterns in British psychology and Buddhism, while framed in universalist registers, are constituted in and constitutive of a broader historical and political context. |
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ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727573 |