Radical Mindfulness

James K. Rowe is Associate Professor of environmental studies and cultural, social, and political thought at the University of Victoria. His interdisciplinary research program is motivated by a desire to understand and strengthen social movements working toward social and ecological justice. Rowe has published in the journals: The Arrow; BioScience; C-Theory; New Political Science; Socialist Studies; Studies in Political Economy; and Theory & Event. His work has also appeared in public-facing outlets: Corporate Knights, openDemocracy, Truthout, and Waging Nonviolence. His research has been reported on by The Atlantic, the BBC, the CBC, HuffPost, and Jacobin.

An Opening: A Conversation with Dylan Thomas 1. Introduction: Fear of Death as a Driver of Injustice 2. The Will to Supremacy 3. White Supremacy: James Baldwin on Death Denial and Whiteness 4. Class and Colonial Supremacy: John Mohawk on Oppression in the Western World 5. Human Supremacy: Ernest Becker and Terror Management Theory 6. Male Supremacy: Rita Gross and Hsiao-Lan Hu’s Buddhist Feminism 7. Conclusion: Practice for a Just, Liveable Future Coda: A Contemplation on Basic Goodness Appendix: Activists on Using Mind-Body Practices