The holistic person; or, the ideology of egalitarianism

Riches, David

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“…New Age culture celebrates “balance” between life components and human experience (Riches ). In the face of what is perceived to be the excessive dominance of Western rationalism, this culture seeks to “reenchant the world” by nurturing what has allegedly been shunted to the sidelines, namely intuition, ecstasy, and emotion.…”

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“…The holistic idea (or “monism,” to use ethic notion) presumes an essential link between body, mind, and spirit, between the human and the divine, and between the individual, the community, and the universe. The concept of holistic selfhood perceives the individual self as something in which the body, mind, and spirit are combined and merged in a harmonious and balanced manner (Heelas ; Riches ; Sointu and Woodhead ).…”

Section: New Age Subjectivity and Emotionsmentioning

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The Ethic of Spirituality and the Non‐Angry Subject

Simchai¹,

Shoshana²

2018

Ethos

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This article is based on ethnographic studies of several spiritual groups in Israel. It offers a critical analysis of the discursive practices employed with regard to the link between spirituality and anger. We found that the emotion of anger occupies a singular status in New Age culture. By marking it as an uncontrollable and explosive emotion, anger is constructed as a key emotion that reflects and signifies the subject's proximity to the ideal spiritual personality. Our findings furthermore reveal two main emotion pedagogies employed to construct anger and to cope with it. In the discussion section, we address the affinity between the spiritual ethic and the nonangry subject, and the alliance between the spiritual, the therapeutic and the neo‐liberal discourses that sustains this affinity. This discursive alliance stands in the way of the adoption of critical cultural orientations toward the emotion of anger. [spirituality, emotions, anger, subjectivity, discursive alliance, emotion pedagogies]

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The Ethic of Spirituality and the Non‐Angry Subject

Simchai¹,

Shoshana²

2018

Ethos

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“…2016. materialista a través de formas de intercambio directo, sin mediaciones monetarias, y las primeras comercializaciones de servicios espirituales por parte de los nacientes especialistas (Prince & Riches, 2010;Riches, 2000). A partir de la década de 1990 las disciplinas Nueva Era parecen haberse adaptado en mayor medida a las lógicas del mercado y muchas de sus premisas han sido incorporadas al ámbito empresarial 4 .…”

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integración entre la espiritualidad Nueva Era y el Nuevo Management en Argentina

Funes¹

2016

Cienc. Soc. y Relig.

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Resumen: A pesar de su creciente impacto en los diferentes ámbitos de la vida cotidiana, las prácticas y disciplinas espirituales han sido especialmente estudiadas por su incidencia en la salud, lo terapéutico y lo religioso, dejando de lado otros ámbitos relevantes como la educación, la política y la economía. La influencia de la espiritualidad en ésta última cuenta con numerosas expresiones, entre ellas la incorporación técnicas y discursos espirituales a las políticas de gestión del trabajo por parte de las empresas. En este artículo nos proponemos explorar la integración del marco interpretativo de la espiritualidad Nueva Era al management. Para ello analizaremos la puesta en escena y los discursos pronunciados durante una serie de conferencias que tienen como objetivo promover el desarrollo holístico de individuos y grupos en sus lugares de trabajo. Estas exposiciones son dictadas por empresarios y líderes de ONGs vinculados a la espiritualidad, así como por líderes de organizaciones espirituales; y se orientan a un público formado por empresarios, ejecutivos y empleados de áreas de recursos humanos de grandes empresas argentinas.Palabras clave: Espiritualidad; Nueva Era; Management; Subjetividad Económica. Abstract:Despite their growing impact on the different areas of social life, spiritual disciplines and practices have, mostly, only been studied for their influence in health, therapeutics and religion, leaving apart other relevant areas of influence such as education, politics and economy. Spirituality's influence in this last dimension counts with a number of expressions among which the inclusion of spiritual techniques and discourses to management is one of the most visible. The aim of this article is to analyze the performance and the discourses of a series of conferences that promote the idea that individuals can achieve holistic development in their work. The speeches are presented by businessmen and NGO leaders interested in spirituality, and spiritual organization's leaders The public is conformed mostly by businessmen and women, and human resources' employees from big firms located in Argentina.

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“…Women are disproportionately attracted to work in this area, perhaps in part as it offers a means of making sense of the gap between contemporary social ideals of empowered selfhood and the continuing subjective experience of gender inequality (Sointu, 2006). The discourse of holism that underpins this expanding sector celebrates egalitarianism, challenges dualisms such as male–female or mind–body and emphasizes individual autonomy in pursuing personal goals or developing subjectivity (Riches, 2000). Employment is, however, often part‐time and may not be fully marketized (McGuire, 1988) or economically profitable (Lau, 2000).…”

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“…The analysis pays particular attention to the crucial yet often neglected interplay of work and domestic lives (Hochschild, 1989) and the possibility that, despite discursive promises of equality and empowerment, the holistic milieu can be a site in which traditional gender roles (Crompton, 2006) are reaffirmed rather than reconfigured. Finally the analysis interrogates the claim that the discourse of holism is mobilized by practitioners to explain tensions in their own working environment and lives (Riches, 2000). In particular, I suggest that the participants in this study are reflexively conscious of the inadequacy of holism as an explanatory framework for their experience of work and gender.…”

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Gendering in the Holistic Milieu: A Critical Realist Analysis of Homeopathic Work

Taylor¹

2010

Gender Work & Organization

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Increasing attention is being paid to the economic sector known as the holistic milieu, in which alternative or New Age spiritualities are transformed into commercial products and services. Made up of a wide variety of activities and products, many marketized, this milieu is dominated by women as producers and consumers. The discourses of holism and wellbeing that underpin activity offer promises of gender equality and the freedom to develop subjectivity according to individual preferences. Despite its economic and cultural significance, little is known of why women in particular enter this sector. This article presents a critical realist analysis of how five women negotiated structural conditions and agency when leaving a mainstream occupation or organization to move into homeopathy, a key activity in the holistic milieu. I suggest that while there are numerous tensions and contradictions involved in this move, it is nonetheless a form of action that offers a different subject position and altered gender relations, based on embodied identity and exercise of agency. Whether the holistic milieu offers more equitable gender relations is less clear, but this seems less important for respondents than the other benefits the move implies.

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The holistic person; or, the ideology of egalitarianism

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

The Ethic of Spirituality and the Non‐Angry Subject

The Ethic of Spirituality and the Non‐Angry Subject

integración entre la espiritualidad Nueva Era y el Nuevo Management en Argentina

Gendering in the Holistic Milieu: A Critical Realist Analysis of Homeopathic Work

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