Making a Mindful Nation : : Mental Health and Governance in the Twenty-First Century / / / Joanna Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Cook, Joanna,
• Author: Cook, Joanna,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• प्रकाशन का वर्ष : 2023
• भाषा: English
• भौतिक वर्णन: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 5 b/w illus.

How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice, and a component of public policyMindfulness seems to be everywhere-in popular culture, in therapeutic practice, even in policy discussions. How did mindfulness, an awareness training practice with roots in Buddhism,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction If Mindfulness is the Answer, What is the Question?
• 1 A Genealogy of the 'Present Moment'
• 2 Depression, Optimism and Metacognition
• 3 Mindfulness in the Extraordinary Ordinary
• 4 Mindful Parliamentarians: Common Sense and Living Well
• 5 Mindful Politics, Participation and Evidence
• 6 The Skilful Means of the Mindful Advocate
• Conclusion Keep Calm and Carry On?
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• A note on the type