Integral Theory

Haigh, M. 2011. Transformative Learning for Global Citizenship: turning to Turquoise (Editorial). Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE) 5, pp 7-16 [ISSN 1742-240X]

by Martin Haigh

Using integral theory to effect strategic change.

by Nancy Landrum

Landrum, N. and Gardner, C. (2005).  Using integral theory to effect strategic change.  Journal of Organizational Change Management, 18(3): 247-258.

Accumulating-Capital, Accumulating-Carbon, and the Very Big Vulnerable Body: An Object of Responsibility for Ecocriticism

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

This is a journal article published online at Public Knowledge.  Read the full text here: 

http://pkjournal.org/?page_id=1698

A Model for Integral Sustainable Design Explored through Daylighting

by Mark DeKay

Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities

by Jon Awbrey

Awbrey, S.M., and Awbrey, J.L. (May 2001), “Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities”, Organization : The Interdisciplinary Journal of Organization, Theory, and Society 8(2), Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 269–284.

Today’s society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise.... more Today’s society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise. Yet, the organizational structure of our institutions remains locked in academic and administrative silos that have little genuine ability to communicate or to recognize the interdependence of knowledge. Why does the capacity to communicate between disciplines and units remain limited? How do formalizations of our experience create barriers? What kind of reflection would it take to subject our mental models of knowledge and learning to critical inquiry? This discussion highlights one of the most entrenched ‘group identity myths’ that underlie the structure of modern academic institutions, the ‘triviality of integration’ thesis.

Theories and Paradigms of the Future

by Tom Lombardo

In this paper, I present an overview of the broad range of general theories and paradigms of the future. Theories and... more In this paper, I present an overview of the broad range of general theories and paradigms of the future. Theories and paradigms of the future often begin with the belief that humanity is in the midst of a pervasive world transformation and attempt to explain the transformation and where the big changes may be taking us. There are, though, significant differences among theories on these basic questions. I describe a variety of the debates and conflicts between these different points of view and conclude the chapter with a summary of key themes and issues.

Theories of the future often focus on some particular theme or themes considered of central importance in the nature and organization of future events. I have grouped theories and paradigms according to a set of basic themes. Some theories, because they are broad and comprehensive and integrate several themes, could be listed under different themes. The theories are organized according to the following general themes:

Theories that Highlight Time and Change
Theories that Highlight Science, Technology, and Rationalism
Theories that Highlight Ecology and Nature
Theories that Highlight Psychology and Human Relations
Theories that Highlight Society, Culture, and Morals
Theories that Highlight the Spiritual, Religious, and Mystical
Integrative Theories

The descriptions of theories included provide a general overview of contemporary futurist thought; I have attempted to identify what I think are the most important, influential, and distinctive theories. The list is not intended to be definitive or complete – there are simply too many theories. The list does, however, provide a broad sampling of different approaches and areas of focus.

Building an integral economic science: Opportunities and challenges

by Christian Arnsperger

Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, vol. 3, n° 4 (2008), pp. 1-16

This paper goes in tandem with the other one, "Spelling out Integral economics: The Full Spectrum project",... more This paper goes in tandem with the other one, "Spelling out Integral economics: The Full Spectrum project", which I published in the same journal in 2010 (see above). Together, both articles offer a new approach to economics based on the so-called "integral" approach of US philosopher Ken Wilber. They champion a methodology of combining different perspectives: the exterior of individuals, the exterior of collectives, the interior of individuals, and the interior of collectives. This allows the discipline of economics to be opened up to surprising new dimensions which the standard positivism (which pervades even front-line mainstream approaches such as complexity and behavioral economics) systematically neglects: the interior dimensions of phenomena, as experienced by individuals and -- yes -- also by collectives (the collective's experience of itself is called culture). Language becomes an essential part of economic interactions, and economists themselves need -- as part and parcel of their scientific endeavor -- to ask questions about their own motivations and emotions. Economics as a result becomes perhaps less easy to treat in purely formal terms, but it also becomes a much more deeply relevant discipline.

Spelling out integral economics: The Full Spectrum project

by Christian Arnsperger

Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, vol. 5, n° 3 (2010), pp. 174-192

This paper goes in tandem with the other one, "Constructing an Integral economic science: Opportunities and... more This paper goes in tandem with the other one, "Constructing an Integral economic science: Opportunities and challenges", which I published in the same journal in 2008 (see below). Together, both articles offer a new approach to economics based on the so-called "integral" approach of US philosopher Ken Wilber. They champion a methodology of combining different perspectives: the exterior of individuals, the exterior of collectives, the interior of individuals, and the interior of collectives. This allows the discipline of economics to be opened up to surprising new dimensions which the standard positivism (which pervades even front-line mainstream approaches such as complexity and behavioral economics) systematically neglects: the interior dimensions of phenomena, as experienced by individuals and -- yes -- also by collectives (the collective's experience of itself is called culture). Language becomes an essential part of economic interactions, and economists themselves need -- as part and parcel of their scientific endeavor -- to ask questions about their own motivations and emotions. Economics as a result becomes perhaps less easy to treat in purely formal terms, but it also becomes a much more deeply relevant discipline.

Apparatus of Capture: “Rhizomatic Contributions to Integral Ecology” and its Consequences (DRAFT)

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

“Unitive Horizons: Women becoming divine”

by Sarah Nicholson

Spirituality in Australia conference proceedings University of Western Sydney, Psychology and Spirituality group. 2007

The Purpose of Comparative and Continental Philosophy?

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

Here, I attempt to make a contribution to a problematic put forward by the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle. This is published at the Integral World website. I suppose I shall be asked to explain what I mean by "sly" in this essay. Full text here: http://www.integralworld.net/anderson11.html

What Is Critical Integral Theory?

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

This is an essay iin response to a request to summarize what I have done, where I think needs to be redone or reconsidered, and where I intend to go with this work, published at Frank Visser's Integral World website. Find it here: http://www.integralworld.net/anderson9.html

Prajna on the Left?: In Reply and Gratitude to Raphael Foshay

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

Published at Integral World in response to Raphael Foshay's 2009 essay "Tension on the Left."

Integral teacher, integral students, integral classroom: Applying integral theory to education

by Peter Wiinholt

Towards A Post-Wilberian, Critical Integral Theory: Why It is Not Necessary to Read Past Page Five in Sex, Ecology, Spirituality

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

Another experiment in engaged scholarship, also published at IntegralWorld.

A Key to All Methodologies: Communion, Conflict, and Commodity in Ken Wilber’s Rhetoric of DIY Science

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

I presented this paper at the 2010 RSA conference in Minneapolis, MN.  Some of the ideas in it were worked up at my blog: 

http://for-the-turnstiles.blogspot.com

“From Archaic beginnings to Integral Feminism”

by Sarah Nicholson

Conference proceedings from the 1st Biannual Integral Theory and Practice conference, John F. Kennedy University, San Francisco. 2008

UGANDA'S SUCCESS IN REDUCING HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE RATES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s

by Katherine Coder

Problems and Opportunities in Integral Cultural Criticism: Departing from Spheres of Awareness

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

Published at Frank Visser's IntegralWorld site.  This bit expresses my disappointment at the state of cultural critique among those who profess to be integral thinkers, and briefly proposes an alternative.

Of Truth and Falsehood in a Spiritual- Materialistic Sense: A Response to Sean Esbjörn-Hargens' Proposal for True But Partial

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

This is a position paper I wrote in response to a very strange call for papers. The tone is in places unnecessarily harsh, which I regret. I am sharing it because I think the ideas are worth considering as representative of an undercurrent of radical thought in integral studies. First published at Frank Visser's Integral World site.