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.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsForeword: The Integral Enterprise: Current Frontiers and Possible FuturesRoger N. WalshIntroductionSean Esbjörn-HargensPrologue: The Academic Emergence of Integral Theory: Reflections on and Clarifications of the 1st Biennial Integral Theory ConferenceMark D. Forman and Sean Esbjörn-Hargens1. An Overview of Integral Theory: An All-Inclusive Framework for the Twenty-First CenturySean Esbjörn-HargensI. Applied Perspectives 2.Responding to Climate Change: The Need for an Integral ApproachKaren O’Brien3.Embodiment, an Ascending and Descending DevelopmentTheresa Silow4. Beauty and the Expansion of Women’s IdentityVanessa D. Fisher5. Writing to Effect: Textual Form as Realization in an Integral CommunityMichele Chase6. An Integral Understanding of the Etiology of DepressionElliott IngersollII. Theoretical Perspectives 7. Now You Get It, Now You Don’t: Developmental Differences in the Understanding of Integral Theory and PracticeZachary Stein8. The Final Cause of Cosmic Development: Nondual Spirit or the Second Law of Thermodynamics?Michael E. Zimmerman9. Frames of AQAL, Integral Critical Theory, and the Emerging Integral ArtsMichael Schwartz10. Integral Situational Ethical Pluralism: An Overview of a Second-Tier Ethic for the Twenty-First CenturyRandy Martin11. An Integral Map of Perspective-TakingClint Fuhs12. Second-Tier Gains and Challenges in Ego DevelopmentSusanne Cook-GreuterIII. Constructive Perspectives 13. Rhizomatic Contributions to Integral Ecology in Deleuze and GuattariSam Mickey14. Exploring Epistemic Wisdom: Ethical and Practical Implications of Integral Studies and Methodological Pluralism for Collaboration and Knowledge-BuildingTom Murray15. Appropriation in Integral Theory: The Case of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s "Untold" Integral ViewCharles I. Flores16. Of Elephants and Butterflies: An Integral Metatheory for Organizational TransformationMark Edwards17. Developmental Action Inquiry: A Distinct Integral Theory That Actually Integrates Developmental Theory, Practice, and ResearchWilliam R. Torbert, Reut Livne-Tarandach, David McCallum, Aliki Nicolaides, and Elaine Herdman-BarkerAfterword: The Dawn of an Integral AgeKen WilberContributorsIndexContents