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008			180706s2017 enk ob 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781315794075 _q(e-book : PDF)
020			_a9781317743408 _q(e-book: Mobi)
020			_z9781138015975 _q(hardback)
024	7		_a10.4324/9781315794075 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)992730222
050		4	_aHC79.C6 _bD67 2017
082	0	4	_a339.47 _bD693
100	1		_aDoran, Peter _c(Lecturer), _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA political economy of attention, mindfulness and consumerism : _breclaiming the mindful commons / _cPeter Doran.
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aRoutledge studies in sustainability
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aTowards a "mindful commons" : the anthropocene and the attention revolution -- The spirit of activism : non-violence as a way of life -- The Cartesian legacy -- Foucault, Zen and the art of challenging consumerism -- Conclusions : attention deficit and ecological degradation advance together.
520			_a"The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices. This has far-reaching implications for our psychological, physical and spiritual well-being, and ultimately for our global ecology. In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and resilience. They also offer new sources of critical inquiry into our collective condition, and may point, in time, to regulatory initiatives in the field of well-being.This book draws together lively debates from the new economics of transition, commons and well-being, consumerism, and the emerging role of mindfulness in popular culture. Engaged Buddhist practices and teachings correspond closely to insights in contemporary political philosophical investigations into the nature of power, notably by Michel Foucault. The 'attention economy' can be understood as a new arena of struggle in our age of neoliberal governmentality; as the forces of enclosure--having colonized forests, land and the bodies of workers--are now extended to the realm of our minds and subjectivity. This poses questions about the recovery of the 'mindful commons': the practices we must cultivate to reclaim our attention, time and lives from the forces of capitalization.? This is a valuable resource for students and scholars of environmental philosophy, environmental psychology, environmental sociology, well-being and new economics, political economy, environmental politics, the commons and law, as well as Buddhist theory and philosophy.
650		0	_aConsumption (Economics) _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aConsumption (Economics) _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmentalism _xReligious aspects _xBuddhism.
650		0	_aMindfulness (Psychology)
650		0	_aSustainability.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781138015975 _w(DLC) 2017002820
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315794075 _zClick here to view.
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