I don't think this is something endemic to the West, or even America in general. America and the West has produced a lot of upper-case Philosophy, like Satre an

I don't think this is something endemic to the West, or even America in general. America and the West has produced a lot of upper-case Philosophy, like Satre and Camus (although they're French). This seems more like a problem of our current moment, where previous religious doctrines -- like Catholicism, Orthodox Islam, & traditional American Protestantism -- don't really fit anymore, and new ones haven't taken hold yet. Mix that with our very busy and efficient culture, and you get all of this mindfulness stuff.