Sean Esbjörn-Hargens 
Integral Theory in Action [EPUB ebook] 
Applied, Theoretical, and Constructive Perspectives on the AQAL Model

In a world as complex as ours, an integral approach is needed to help sort through a dynamic landscape and respond effectively to individual and collective challenges. Integral Theory in Action provides the first multi-authored overview of such an approach. Integral Theory is the result of 30 years of research and is being applied in over 35 distinct disciplines. This volume brings together two dozen leading scholar-practitioners who are actively applying integral principles and who address a range of issues from an integral perspective including: climate change, embodiment, feminist aesthetics, community discourse, treatment of depression, developmental theory, and global ethics. The strengths, limitations, and potential of Integral Theory and Ken Wilber’s AQAL model are weighed by each contributor. This collection pushes the field of Integral Theory in new ways and new directions, and provides a comprehensive overview that makes it an invaluable resource for any integral effort.

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments



Foreword: The Integral Enterprise: Current Frontiers and Possible Futures


Roger N. Walsh


Introduction


Sean Esbjörn-Hargens


Prologue: The Academic Emergence of Integral Theory: Reflections on and Clarifications of the 1st Biennial Integral Theory Conference


Mark D. Forman and Sean Esbjörn-Hargens
1. An Overview of Integral Theory: An All-Inclusive Framework for the Twenty-First Century


Sean Esbjörn-Hargens

I. Applied Perspectives



2.Responding to Climate Change: The Need for an Integral Approach


Karen O’Brien
3.Embodiment, an Ascending and Descending Development


Theresa Silow



4. Beauty and the Expansion of Women’s Identity


Vanessa D. Fisher



5. Writing to Effect: Textual Form as Realization in an Integral Community


Michele Chase



6. An Integral Understanding of the Etiology of Depression


Elliott Ingersoll



II. Theoretical Perspectives



7. Now You Get It, Now You Don’t: Developmental Differences in the Understanding of Integral Theory and Practice


Zachary Stein


8. The Final Cause of Cosmic Development: Nondual Spirit or the Second Law of Thermodynamics?


Michael E. Zimmerman


9. Frames of AQAL, Integral Critical Theory, and the Emerging Integral Arts


Michael Schwartz


10. Integral Situational Ethical Pluralism: An Overview of a Second-Tier Ethic for the Twenty-First Century


Randy Martin


11. An Integral Map of Perspective-Taking


Clint Fuhs


12. Second-Tier Gains and Challenges in Ego Development


Susanne Cook-Greuter



III. Constructive Perspectives


13. Rhizomatic Contributions to Integral Ecology in Deleuze and Guattari


Sam Mickey


14. Exploring Epistemic Wisdom: Ethical and Practical Implications of Integral Studies and Methodological Pluralism for Collaboration and Knowledge-Building


Tom Murray


15. Appropriation in Integral Theory: The Case of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s “Untold” Integral View


Charles I. Flores


16. Of Elephants and Butterflies: An Integral Metatheory for Organizational Transformation


Mark Edwards


17. Developmental Action Inquiry: A Distinct Integral Theory That Actually Integrates Developmental Theory, Practice, and Research


William R. Torbert, Reut Livne-Tarandach, David Mc Callum, Aliki Nicolaides, and Elaine Herdman-Barker


Afterword: The Dawn of an Integral Age


Ken Wilber


Contributors

Index

Contents

Circa l’autore

Matthew Solomon is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. He is the author of
Disappearing Tricks: Silent Films, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century.