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Making policy out of mindfulness

Does the attempt to rationalize mindfulness and make a tool for better performance and efficiency undermine its core concept?

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Europe, the Very Idea
Europe, the Very Idea

Europe, the very idea is a series on the philosophical notion of Europe and what reflection upon it can lend to the sphere of concrete politics.

Symbolical head.
Symbolical head.

Symbolical head.There are many similarities between the contemporary practice of “mindfulness”, encouraged by the NHS and explored for its benefits by the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group, and the ancient philosophical practice of “care for the soul”, one of the ideas that we are focusing on this week.