The rise of neo-integrative worldviews

[Edward theurj Berge]

Subtitle: Toward a rational spirituality for the coming planetary civilization? This is a chapter by Roland Benedikter and Markus Moltz in a book on critical realism and spirituality. I'll be back after I read it.

[andrew]

Here is Roland's wiki: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Benedikter

[Balder]

I started a thread on this paper awhile back, but it never took off -- and I'm not sure I ever read the whole paper (though I'm pretty sure I finished most of it).  I'll look at it again, especially if it catches your interest and you'd like to discuss it.

[andrew]

After a quick read I can say there is much to like in this assessment. A quick quibble though: 

There seem to be interesting relationships between various contempo- rary attempts, arising from as yet relatively independent streams, to devise a vision of reality and of human life in society encompassing subjec- tive and objective perspectives, material and spiritual dimensions, relative realms conceived in evolutionary terms and the absolute that can only be approached by non-dual awareness. 

Here he is showing his spiritual bias in true monological fashion. Will someone please introduce this guy to Ferrer:) And tell him a high school drop out suggests the acquaintance :) 

[Edward theurj Berge]

I remember now why I never responded in the original thread. The writing style is so tangled and the content so generic that I could not finish it then or now. Never mind.