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The Psychologisation of Eastern Spiritual Traditions
- Colonisation, Translation and Commodification
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Psychologisation of Eastern Spiritual Traditions af Elliot Cohen, 9780367375362
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
158
ISBN-13:
9780367375362
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367375362
Udg. Dato:
30 sep 2021
Størrelse i cm:
21,0 x 13,7 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
30 sep 2021
Forfatter(e):

The Psychologisation of Eastern Spiritual Traditions

- Colonisation, Translation and Commodification
Engelsk
Paperback 2021
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This essential book critically examines the various ways in which Eastern spiritual traditions have been typically stripped of their spiritual roots, content and context, to be more readily assimilated into secular Western frames of Psychology.

Beginning with the colonial histories of Empire, the author draws from the 1960s Counterculture and the subsequent romanticising and idealising of the East. Cohen explores how Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist traditions have been gradually transformed into forms of Psychology, Psychotherapy and Self-Help, undergoing processes of ‘modernisation’ and secularisation until their respective cosmologies had been successfully reinterpreted and reimagined. An important component of this psychologisation is the accompanying commodification of Eastern spiritual practices, including the mass-marketing of mindfulness and meditation as part of the burgeoning well-being industry. Also presenting emerging voices of resistance from within Eastern spiritual traditions, the book ends with a chapter on Transpersonal Psychology, showing a path for how to gradually move away from colonisation and towards collaboration.

Engaging with the ‘mindfulness movement’ and other practices assimilated by Western culture, this is fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, philosophy and religious studies, as well as mindfulness practitioners.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
158
ISBN-13:
9780367375362
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367375362
Udg. Dato:
30 sep 2021
Størrelse i cm:
21,0 x 13,7 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
30 sep 2021
Forfatter(e):
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