Mindful Masculinity
Positive Psychology, McMindfulness and Gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3946777 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dave Smallen (0000-0002-1088-4597, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-150 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0141778919849638 |
| OpenAlex | W2977070218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 32 |
In recent years, positive psychology and mindfulness practices have increasingly been integrated in neo-liberal organisations to promote individuals' well-being. Critics have argued that these practices actually function as management techniques, encouraging individuals' self-governance and acceptance of the status quo despite adverse contexts. This article extends this argument by unpacking ways in which such 'well-being' programmes are also gendered, having been formulated around neo-liberal hegemonic masculine values of rationality, individualism and competition, and further masculinised through integration into gendered organisations. The argument is presented that this process produces a neo-liberal version of hegemonic masculinity that the author calls 'mindful masculinity'. This theoretical argument is illustrated through examples of specific ways in which 'well-being' practices have been reworked in strongly masculine settings to promote neo-liberal hegemonic masculine goals under a symbolic veneer of spirituality and mental health
Argument (complex analysis) · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Sociology · Status quo · Child Therapy and Development · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
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A Meta-Critique of Mindfulness Critiques
Is There a Corporate Takeover of the Mindfulness Industry? An Exploration of Western Mindfulness in the Public and Private Sector
The Transformations of Mindfulness
A Scale to Measure Nonattachment
Self-Control and Grit
Adverse Health Consequences of Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Effects of mindfulness on psychological health
The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation
Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.
Positive psychology
Understanding Neoliberalism
The Critique of Mindfulness and the Mindfulness of Critique
Handbook of Neoliberalism
Mobilizing Masculinities
Neoliberal Feminism and the Future of Human Capital
Self-efficacy
Happiness, positive psychology and the program of neoliberal governmentality
Mindfulness
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
Grit
What (and Why) is Positive Psychology
Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies
Inequality Regimes
Hegemonic Masculinity
Said and Done' Versus 'Saying and Doing
Feminist Methodology
The Hidden Discourse of Masculinity in Gender Discrimination Law
Emotion Work, Feeling Rules, and Social Structure
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |