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Some tensions between capitalism and buddhism: a reflection from corporate mindfulness

datacite.subject.sdg16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazespt_PT
dc.contributor.authorSimão, João
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-20T13:26:50Z
dc.date.available2019-12-20T13:26:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe root of mindfulness is the seventh step of the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism. Taken out of the original context, it is currently in vogue in Western societies for clinically proven positive effects. Most recently, mindfulness has been extended into business and has become a product of consumer society, interpreted as a competitive advantage (for employers) and an aid to career progression (of employees). For corporations, the advantages of mindfulness include the individualization of stress and the shaping of workers in toxic business environments without questioning the organizational culture in which they are inserted. This is the guiding idea for a reflection between Buddhism and capitalism. Based on three essential elements of Buddhism (anatta, tanha and kamma), it exposes the impossibility of conciliation of the philosophical and religious teachings of Buddhism with the current social-economic paradigm. In a society that lives accelerated in time, in space, in things, in actions, and in relationships, it is argued that this is an appropriation by the capitalist system, a takeover, which looks to mold individuals to neoliberalism.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v09i03/75-88pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2154-8633 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn2154-8641 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/8934
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCommon Ground Research Networkspt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBuddhism appropriationpt_PT
dc.subjectCapitalismpt_PT
dc.subjectMindfulnesspt_PT
dc.subjectConsumptionpt_PT
dc.subjectAppropriationpt_PT
dc.titleSome tensions between capitalism and buddhism: a reflection from corporate mindfulnesspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage88pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage75pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Societypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
person.familyNameSimão
person.givenNameJoão
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7274-8160
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36669254900
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