Radical Mindfulness
eBook - ePub

Radical Mindfulness

Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital

  1. 188 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Radical Mindfulness

Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital

About this book

Radical Mindfulness examines the root causes of injustice, asking why inequalities along the lines of race, class, gender, and species continue to exist. Specifically, James K. Rowe examines fear of death as a root cause of systemic inequalities and proposes a more embodied approach to social change as a solution.

Collecting insights from powerful thinkers across multiple traditions—including Black radicals, Indigenous resurgence theorists, terror management theorists, and Buddhist feminists— Rowe argues for the political importance of seemingly apolitical practices such as meditation and ritual. On their own, these strategies are not enough, but integrated into social movements that are combating structural injustices, mind–body practices can begin transforming the embodied fears that feed endless fuel to supremacist ideologies and yet are not targeted by most political actors.

Radical Mindfulness is for academics, activists, and individuals who want to overcome supremacy of all kinds but are struggling to understand and develop methods for attacking it at the roots.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Endorsement
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. An Opening: A Conversation with Dylan Thomas (Qwul’thilum)
  9. 1 Introduction: Fear of Death as a Driver of Injustice
  10. 2 The Will to Supremacy
  11. 3 White Supremacy: James Baldwin on Death Denial and Whiteness
  12. 4 Class and Colonial Supremacy: John Mohawk on Oppression in the Western World
  13. 5 Human Supremacy: Ernest Becker and Terror Management Theory
  14. 6 Male Supremacy: Rita Gross and Hsiao-Lan Hu’s Buddhist Feminism
  15. 7 Practice for a Just, Livable Future
  16. Coda: A Contemplation on Basic Goodness
  17. Appendix: How Activists Are Using Mind–Body Practices
  18. Index