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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-103 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Buddhism
/ Watchfulness
/ Mental health
/ Resilience (Personality trait)
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion BL Buddhism KBF British Isles |
Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Psychology B Britain B Mindfulness B Resilience |
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Rights Information: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
Summary: | 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 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727573 |