A Theory of Everything

by WILBER, KEN

• ISBN13: 9781570628559
• ISBN10: 1570628556
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-10-16
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

Here is a concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. InA Theory of Everything,Wilber uses clear, nontechnical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real-world problems in areas such as politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment. Wilber also discusses daily practices that readers take up in order to apply this integrative vision to their own everyday lives.

Author Biography

Ken Wilber is the developer of an integral "theory of everything" that embraces the truths of all the world's great psychological, scientific, philosophical, and spiritual traditions. He founded the Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying issues of science and society, in 2000. Wilber is the author of twenty books.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader	x
The Amazing Spiral	1	(16)
Fragmentation at the Leading Edge	2	(1)
Boomeritis	3	(2)
The Waves of Existence	5	(1)
The Human Consciousness Project	6	(7)
The Jump to Second-Tier Consciousness	13	(4)
Boomeritis	17	(16)
Development as Declining Egocentrism	18	(2)
The Spiral of Compassion	20	(2)
Fight the System!	22	(2)
Growth Hierarchies versus Dominator Hierarchies	24	(2)
Boomeritis	26	(2)
The Many Gifts of Green	28	(1)
Beyond Pluralism	29	(1)
The Integral Culture	30	(3)
An Integral Vision	33	(26)
Integral Transformation	33	(3)
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality	36	(6)
A Full-Spectrum Approach	42	(7)
All-Quadrant	49	(4)
A More Integral Map	53	(2)
To Change the Mapmaker	55	(1)
The Prime Directive	55	(1)
A More Measured Greatness	56	(1)
The Integral Vision in the World at Large	57	(2)
Science and Religion	59	(24)
The Relation of Science and Religion	60	(3)
Nonoverlapping Magisteria?	63	(2)
The Brain of a Mystic	65	(1)
All-Quadrant, All-Level	66	(7)
Good Science	73	(3)
Deep Religion	76	(1)
The Integral Revelation	77	(1)
Vive la Difference!	78	(1)
Narrow Religion	79	(1)
Spirituality and Liberalism	80	(3)
The Real World	83	(25)
Integral Politics	83	(6)
Integral Governance	89	(2)
Integral Medicine	91	(3)
Integral Business	94	(1)
Integral Education	95	(1)
Consciousness Studies	96	(1)
Relational and Socially Engaged Spirituality	97	(1)
Integral Ecology	97	(2)
Minorities Outreach	99	(1)
All-Quadrants, All-Levels, All-Lines: An Overview of UNICEF	99	(4)
The Terror of Tomorrow	103	(3)
Integral Institute	106	(2)
Maps of the Kosmos	108	(28)
A Holistic Indexing System	108	(1)
Worldviews	109	(4)
Robert Bellah, Mark Gerzon	113	(1)
Vertical Depth	113	(1)
The End of History and the Last Man	114	(1)
Francis Fukuyama
The Clash of Civilizations	115	(4)
Samuel P. Huntington
Vertical and Horizontal	119	(3)
The Mean Green Meme	122	(3)
World Civilization	125	(2)
The Lexus and the Olive Tree	127	(4)
Thomas L. Friedman
The Waves of Spiritual Experience	131	(2)
Why Doesn't Religion Simply Go Away?	133	(2)
Integral Practice	135	(1)
One Taste	136	(7)
Integral' Transformative Practice	138	(2)
Recommendations	140	(1)
True but Partial	140	(1)
And It Is All Undone	141	(2)
Notes	143	(40)
The Amazing Spiral	143	(7)
Boomeritis	150	(1)
An Integral Vision	151	(4)
Science and Religion	155	(5)
The Real World	160	(14)
Maps of the Kosmos	174	(9)
Index	183