Integral Theory in Action

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.

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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 McCallum, Aliki Nicolaides, and Elaine Herdman-Barker

Afterword: The Dawn of an Integral Age
Ken Wilber

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