04082nam 22005891 450 991015617750332120161018174202.01-350-00626-21-350-00624-61-350-00625-410.5040/9781350006249(CKB)3710000000985427(MiAaPQ)EBC4773713(OCoLC)967226447(UtOrBLW)bpp09260535(EXLCZ)99371000000098542720170328d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSpirituality, corporate culture and American business the neoliberal ethic and the spirit of global capital /James Dennis LoRussoLondon, UK ;New York, NY, USA :Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc,[2017]1 online resource (217 pages)Critiquing religion: discourse, culture, power ;31-350-08120-5 1-350-00627-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: The Changing Discourse of Business -- 1. The Death and Resurrection of a Craftsman: Towards a New Mythology of Work -- 2. A New Business for Business -- 3. Management, Spirituality, and Religion: Theology and Spiritual Practice in Neoliberal Society -- Part Two: Religion and Spirituality In the New Economy -- 4. Zen and the Art of Microprocessing: Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Silicon Valley -- 5. Conscious Capitalism: Looser Selves, Freer Markets -- Part Three: Formations of Spiritual Labor -- 6. Not the Usual Suspects: Real Estate Rabbis, Monastic Managers, and Spiritual Salesmen in the Big Apple -- 7. Sacred Commerce: Neoliberal Spiritualities in a West-Coast Coffee Chain -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index."By the early twenty-first century, Americans had embraced a holistic vision of work, that one's job should be imbued with meaning and purpose, that business should serve not only stockholders but also the common good, and that, for many, should attend to the "spiritual" health of individuals and society alike. While many voices celebrate efforts to introduce "spirituality in the workplace" as a recent innovation that holds the potential to positively transform business and the American workplace, James Dennis LoRusso argues that workplace spirituality is in fact more closely aligned with neoliberal ideologies that serve the interests of private wealth and undermine the power of working people. LoRusso traces how this new moral language of business emerged as part of the larger shift away from the post-New Deal welfare state towards today's global market-oriented social order. Building on other studies that emphasize the link between American religious conservatism and the rise of global capitalism, LoRusso shows how progressive "spirituality" remains a vital part of this story as well. Drawing on cultural history as well as case studies from New York City and San Francisco of businesses and leading advocates of workplace spirituality, this book argues that religion reveals much about work, corporate culture, and business in contemporary America."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Business ethicsBusinessReligious aspectsCorporate cultureManagementReligious aspectsNeoliberalismReligion in the workplaceReligion & beliefsBusiness ethics.BusinessReligious aspects.Corporate culture.ManagementReligious aspects.Neoliberalism.Religion in the workplace.201/.73LoRusso James Dennis1208729UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910156177503321Spirituality, corporate culture and American business2788807UNINA