Spirituality, Organization and Neoliberalism

Edited by Emma Bell, Professor of Leadership, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Sorin Gog, Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Anca Simionca, Lecturer and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania and Scott Taylor, Reader in Leadership and Organization Studies, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:1. Towards Radical Subjects: Workplace Spirituality as Neoliberal Governance in American BusinessJames Dennis LoRusso2. Running to stay in the same place? Personal development work and the production of neoliberal subjectivity among Israel’s “last republican generation”Ariel Yankellevich3. Expressive Individualism in the New Spirit of Capitalism: Mindfulness and Outdoor Management DevelopmentLiza Cortois4. A ‘Juggly Mummy’s’ life history of teaching yoga: Embodied postfeminism and neoliberal spiritualityAmanda Peticca-Harris, Kseniya Navazhylava, Genevieve Shanahan5. The commodification of re-sacralised work in the neoliberal eraTom Vine6. Enchanted gardeners in urban food gardens: A case study of Khayelitsha, Cape TownDarlene Miller7. Citizens for Ghana and the Kingdom: Christian Personal Development in AccraAnna-Riikka Kauppinen8. Religion after Work: Christianity, Morality, and Serious LeisureIbrahim Abraham9. The contemporary faith of innovationismKatja ValaskiviIndex

'This carefully crafted book takes on a very complex and multifaceted phenomenon. As a project of genuine interdisciplinary work, it shows how serious intellectual resources can be mobilised to investigate complicated empirical material, often too simplistically marked ''spirituality in organisations''. Examples familiar to all receive nuanced conceptual treatment so that both cases and analyses become valuable exercises in excellent social science. Looking forward to using it in thinking through contemporary work, management and culture, as well as in teaching.'--Bogdan Costea, Lancaster University, UK'This volume provides a sophisticated look at the varieties of spirituality under capitalism, combining sociological perspectives on religion with a critical engagement on the topic. Flanked on its sides by an organizational spirituality literature that too-often treats spirituality unquestioningly, and a critical literature that reduces it to ideological and instrumental uses, this volume presents nuanced essays that take seriously the lived experiences of organizational members, while never losing sight of the social and political stakes of spirituality within a capitalist society.'--Gazi Islam, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France