This dissertation updates Max Weber’s (1904-05) celebrated thesis on the relationship between Protestantism and modern capitalism through an analysis of the interplay between the economic ethics of New Age spiritualism and the economic spirit of online entrepreneurialism. It extends Boltanski and Chiapello’s (1999) discussion of different mutations in the spirit of capitalism by analyzing 21st century religious and entrepreneurial texts, in addition to ethnographic data generated through participant observation and qualitative interviews with 28 professionals who are reinventing their identities as entrepreneurial “advice gurus” at a self-help seminar in the United States. The core argument of this dissertation is that beginning in the mid-...
Abstract. The New Age is a broad milieu which allows participants to undertake a range of activities...
The authors begin by showing the close links between the discourse of workplace empowerment and spir...
Across cultures and eras, economic activity has always been closely tied to ideas relating to belief...
The attached file is an errata for the author's doctoral dissertation at http://hdl.handle.net/2429/...
Objective - Cultural change in the economy has given rise to what might be called \u27spiritual entr...
I am investigating a New Age spiritual movement called the Law of Attraction that has been the sourc...
New Age spirituality is the religion of capitalism. It not only capitulates to capitalist narratives...
Capitalism has been a rare theme in the scholarship on spirituality. However, some very interesting ...
This study examines the development and legitimation of the religious discourse inspired by the text...
Spirituality is considered to be an essential nature of human being that strengthens their purpose a...
The relationship between religion and economics, or more narrowly between religion and entrepreneurs...
The paper gives an interdisciplinary overview of the emerging field of spirituality and business. It...
A cultural turn in the economy has led to growth in what might be called ‘spiritual entrepreneurship...
Drawing from a qualitative empirical study of Canadian entrepreneurs, we seek to understand the natu...
This study examined the growing trends in the New Age practices of people who adopt spiritual perspe...
Abstract. The New Age is a broad milieu which allows participants to undertake a range of activities...
The authors begin by showing the close links between the discourse of workplace empowerment and spir...
Across cultures and eras, economic activity has always been closely tied to ideas relating to belief...
The attached file is an errata for the author's doctoral dissertation at http://hdl.handle.net/2429/...
Objective - Cultural change in the economy has given rise to what might be called \u27spiritual entr...
I am investigating a New Age spiritual movement called the Law of Attraction that has been the sourc...
New Age spirituality is the religion of capitalism. It not only capitulates to capitalist narratives...
Capitalism has been a rare theme in the scholarship on spirituality. However, some very interesting ...
This study examines the development and legitimation of the religious discourse inspired by the text...
Spirituality is considered to be an essential nature of human being that strengthens their purpose a...
The relationship between religion and economics, or more narrowly between religion and entrepreneurs...
The paper gives an interdisciplinary overview of the emerging field of spirituality and business. It...
A cultural turn in the economy has led to growth in what might be called ‘spiritual entrepreneurship...
Drawing from a qualitative empirical study of Canadian entrepreneurs, we seek to understand the natu...
This study examined the growing trends in the New Age practices of people who adopt spiritual perspe...
Abstract. The New Age is a broad milieu which allows participants to undertake a range of activities...
The authors begin by showing the close links between the discourse of workplace empowerment and spir...
Across cultures and eras, economic activity has always been closely tied to ideas relating to belief...