S3E18 McMindfulness - ft. Ron Purser
Connected & Disaffected
English - September 02, 2019 13:49 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week the gang are looking at the explosion of the Mindfulness Industry, and ask the question - is this simply individualising the stress of modern capitalist society, and seeking to neutralise us in the growing social and political problems?
Ron Purser joins to discuss his book on the topic, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality. We also touch on the history of HR, and the disturbing tweets from inside Amazon's fulfilment centre.
Ron's website: https://www.ronpurser.com/
Ron also has a podcast! http://mindfulcranks.com
Get a sneak peek of the book with the Guardian's Long Read: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/14/the-mindfulness-conspiracy-capitalist-spirituality
Rowan also quotes this article from Sahanika Ratnayake: https://aeon.co/essays/mindfulness-is-loaded-with-troubling-metaphysical-assumptions
Some of the harrowing Amazon Worker tweets can be found here: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/59npad/amazons-creepy-twitter-pr-army-growing