Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 After Mindfulness 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano Also by Manu Bazzano SPECTRE OF THE STRANGER: Towards a Phenomenology of Hospitality THE PERPETUAL BEGINNER (in Italian) THE SPEED OF ANGELS BUDDHA IS DEAD: Nietzsche and the Dawn of European Zen ZEN POEMS (editor) Music albums: DAEDALO: Walk Inside the Painting NAKED DANCE SEX, RELIGION & COSMETICS 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 HAIKU FOR LOVERS (editor) After Mindfulness New Perspectives on Psychology and Meditation Manu Bazzano University of Roehampton, UK 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 Edited by Selection and editorial content © Manu Bazzano 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978–1–137–37039–6 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Contents List of Tables vii Preface ix xiii Notes on Contributors xv Part I Mindfulness in Context 1 Sati or Mindfulness? Bridging the Divide John Peacock 3 2 Beyond Mindfulness: An Other-centred Paradigm Caroline Brazier 23 3 The Everyday Sublime Stephen Batchelor 37 4 Mindfulness: A Philosophical Assessment David Brazier 49 5 Mindfulness and the Good Life Manu Bazzano 61 Part II Beyond Personal Liberation: Mindfulness, Society, and Clinical Practice 6 How Social is Your Mindfulness? Meg Barker 81 7 Mindfulness as a Secular Spirituality Alex Gooch 101 8 Mindfulness and Therapy: A Skeptical Approach Rebecca Greenslade 112 9 Meditation and Meaning Jeff Harrison 124 10 Clinical Mindfulness, Meta-perspective, and True Nature Dheeresh Turnbull v 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano 136 Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 Acknowledgements vi Contents 148 Concluding Unmindful Postscript 163 Index 169 Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to npg - PalgraveConnect - 2014-10-28 11 The Value of Meditative States of Mind in the Therapist Monica Lanyado 10.1057/9781137370402 - After Mindfulness, Edited by Manu Bazzano