Are some people, dissatisfied with current capitalist society in Britain searching for alternative spiritualities?

是否有些人对英国当前的资本主义社会感到不满，正在寻找替代的灵性？

• 批准号: 2277628
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Portsmouth
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2277628
• 关键词: some; people; dissatisfied; current; capitalist

Are some people, dissatisfied with current capitalist society in Britain searching for alternative spiritualities? How often does this search accidentally or intentionally manifest in self destructive behaviours? A case study into a corporate office.Capitalism's ability to survive by endogenizing some of its criticisms and morphing new 'spirits' of justification are issues that require attention. I intend to investigate whether people working in a communications 'giant' head office, some of whom often engage with self-destructive behaviours do so because they are searching for 'more' from life than the spirit of capitalism (Weber, 1930) provides. I want to explore participants reactions to and feelings toward the 'capitalist spirit', namely the idea that acquisition of material goods and wealth is in some way an ultimate purpose and 'transcendental' (Weber, 1930). I plan to examine individual's pursuit (if any) of other spiritualities and unearth whether they are engaged with as an alternative to or rejection of capitalism's spirit. Similarly, I hope to investigate whether self-destructive behaviours are pursued as alternative spiritualities to that of capitalism or perhaps whether they are engaged with as coping mechanisms to a dissatisfaction with contemporary society arrangements. A case study design frame will be used incorporating ethnographic elements and biographical interviews based on the work of Merrill and West (2009). I will spend some time in the corporate office talking to people, immersing myself within the culture and creating observation logs. Participants (20-30 employees) will then be interviewed and verbatim transcripts created. Data (logs and transcripts) will be coded and analysed using an established proforma created by Merrill and West (2009).

是不是有些人对英国目前的资本主义社会感到不满，在寻找替代性的精神信仰？这种搜索有多少次会意外或故意地表现为自我毁灭行为？一个公司办公室的案例研究。资本主义通过将一些批评内生化和形成新的辩护“精神”来生存的能力是需要关注的问题。我打算调查在通信“巨人”总部工作的人，其中一些人经常从事自我毁灭的行为，因为他们从生活中寻找“更多”比资本主义精神（韦伯，1930）提供。我想探讨参与者对“资本主义精神”的反应和感受，即物质商品和财富的获取在某种程度上是最终目的和“先验”（韦伯，1930）。我计划考察个人对其他精神的追求（如果有的话），并挖掘他们是否参与作为资本主义精神的替代或拒绝。同样，我希望调查自我毁灭行为是否是作为资本主义的替代精神追求，或者它们是否是作为对当代社会安排不满的应对机制。案例研究的设计框架将采用民族志元素和传记访谈的基础上，梅里尔和西方（2009年）的工作。我会花一些时间在公司办公室与人交谈，让自己沉浸在文化中，并创建观察日志。然后将对参与者（20-30名员工）进行访谈，并制作逐字记录。将使用梅里尔和West（2009）创建的既定形式对数据（日志和记录）进行编码和分析。