The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness

The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness is a valuable resource for those researching phenomenology and applications of phenomenology, and will also be of great interest to students and practitioners of mindfulness in areas such as counseling and psychotherapy.

The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness brings together two schools of thought and practice that - despite rarely being examined jointly - provide an incredibly fruitful way for exploring thinking, the mind, and the nature and practice of mindfulness.

Applying the concepts and methods of phenomenology, an international team of contributors explore mindfulness from a variety of different viewpoints and traditions. The handbook's 35 chapters are divided into seven clear parts:

• Mindfulness in the Western Traditions
• Mindfulness in the Eastern Traditions
• Mindfulness, Ethics, and Well-Being
• Mindfulness, Time, and Attention
• Mindfulness and Embodiment
• Applications: Mindfulness in Life
• Conclusion: Mindfulness and Phenomenology? Within these sections, a rich array of topics and themes are explored, ranging from Stoicism and the origins of mindfulness in Buddhism and eastern thought to meditation, self-awareness, the body and embodiment, and critiques of mindfulness. Additionally, the book delves into the ways the ideas of leading phenomenological thinkers, including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas, and other leading thinkers, such as Irigaray, can contribute to understanding the relationship between phenomenology and mindfulness.

A valuable resource for those researching phenomenology and applications of phenomenology, this handbook will also be of great interest to students and practitioners of mindfulness in areas such as counseling and psychotherapy.

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Susi Ferrarello is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA. Among her books is the recently published The Ethics of Love (Routledge, 2023). She is also a philosophical counselor and writes for Psychology Today.

Christos Hadjioannou is Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cyprus. He has edited volumes on Heidegger's philosophy as well as on Irigaray's philosophy. He is currently writing a monograph on Heidegger and the Stoics (forthcoming 2024).

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The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness is a valuable resource for those researching phenomenology and applications of phenomenology, and will also be of great interest to students and practitioners of mindfulness in areas such as counseling and psychotherapy.

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Notes on Contributors

Introduction * Susi Ferrarello and Christos Hadjioannou

*** PART I

Mindfulness in the Western Traditions

* 1 Pyrrhonian Epoché, Mindfulness, and Being-in-the-World Georgios Petropoulos

2 Mindfulness as Motivation for Phenomenological Reduction Ming-Hon Chu

3 A Levinassian Critique of Mindfulness Pierrick Simon

4 Merleau-Ponty and Mindfulness Timothy Mooney

5 Husserl and Mindfulness Susi Ferrarello *

6 Logoi of the Soul: Phenomenological Mindfulness in Plato's Phaedrus * Tanja Staehler

7 Heideggerian and Stoic Mindfulness: Two Competing Models with Common Ground Christos Hadjioannou

*** PART II

Mindfulness in the Eastern Traditions

* 8 Radical Relationality: A Philosophical Approach to Mindfulness Inspired by Nishida Kitar Francesca Greco

9 Phenomenological Insights from Postural Yoga Practice Hayden Kee

10 A Phenomenology of Mindfulness Practice in Sufism Marc Applebaum

11 Deluded Mindfulness Jason Dockstader

12 Deconstructing Mindfulness: Heidegger, Tanabe, and the Kyoto School Kurt C.M. Mertel and Samuel S. White

*** PART III

Mindfulness, Ethics, and Well-Being

* 13 Could Mindfulness Be Short on Meaning? Luce Irigaray

14 Freeing Ourselves from Technology: Rethinking Mindfulness Lisa Foran

15 'Let It Be': Heidegger and Eckhart on Gelassenheit Dermot Moran

16 Mindfulness as Open and Reflective Attention: A Phenomenological Perspective Diego D'angelo *

17 Mindfulness As Ethical Practice: Lévinas' Phenomenology and Engaging with the World * Nikolaus-Palle Carey

*** PART IV

Mindfulness, Time and Attention

* 18 Contrasting Emotions and Notions of Temporality in Mindfulness Practice and in Heidegger's Phenomenology Evie Filea

19 Varieties of Self-Consciousness in Mindfulness Meditation Odysseus Stone

20 Husserl on Emotional Expectations and Emotional Dispositions Towards the Future: A Contribution to Mindfulness Debates on Present Moment Awareness and Emotional Regulation Celia Cabrera

21 Being Mindful about Nothing Mahon O'brien

22 The Respiratory Context of Dukkha and Nirvana: The Buddha's Mindful Phenomenology of Breathing Petri Berndtson

*** PART V

Mindfulness and Embodiment

* 23 Between Phenomenology and Mindfulness: The Role of Presence in the Clinical and Therapeutic Context Anya Daly and Chris Mccaw

24 Heidegger's Gelassenheit as Embodied Mindfulness Tomás Lally

25 Parallel Lives of Buddha and Socrates: On Epochè as Transcendental Transformation Carlos Lobo

26 Being Mindful of the Other Magnus Englander *

** PART VI

Applications: Mindfulness In Life

* 27 Mindfulness and the Phenomenology of Aesthetics: Reappraising Dufrenne and Merleau-Ponty Colleen Fitzpatrick

28 Mindfulness and Creativity: The Impact of Michel Henry and Otto Rank on Psychoanalysis Max Schaefer

29 The Mindfulness of Sacrifice: Towards a "Phenomenology" of History Joseph Cohen

30 Engaging with Life Mindfully Gerhard Thonhauser

31 Meditation, Lucidity, and the Phenomenology of Daydreaming James Morley

32 Thinking Being: The Educational Scope of a Fruitful Convergence Between Phenomenology and Mindfulness Eduardo Caianiello

*** PART VII

Conclusion: Mindfulness and Phenomenology?

* 33 Phenomenology and Mindfulness-Awareness Natalie Depraz, Claire Petitmengin, and Michel Bitbol

34 Mindless Obfuscation: A Reply to Depraz, Petitmengin, and Bitbol Odysseus Stone and Dan Zahavi

* 35 Mindful Clarification: Why It Is Necessary to Reply

Once Again to Stone and Zahavi 508 Natalie Depraz, Claire Petitmengin, and Michel Bitbol