A Brief History of EverythingIn a breathtaking trip from the Big Bang to the Postmodern world we inhabit, Ken Wilber examines the universe and our place in it, and comes up with an accessible and entertaining account of how it all fits together. Along the way he sheds light not only on the great cosmic questions but on various contentious issues of our day, such as changing gender roles, environmentalism, diversity and multiculturalism, even the meaning of the Internet. A Brief History of Everything is the perfect introduction to the great Integral thinker at his wise and witty best. |
Contents
The Pattern That Connects | 23 |
The Secret Impulse | 45 |
All Too Human | 65 |
The Great Postmodern Revolution | 84 |
The Four Corners of the Kosmos | 102 |
The Two Hands of God | 124 |
Attuned to the Kosmos | 157 |
The Good the True and the Beautiful | 180 |
Part 1 | 295 |
Jung and the Archetypes | 319 |
Part 2 | 328 |
Ascending and Descending | 365 |
The Collapse of the Kosmos | 391 |
The Ego and the Eco | 423 |
The Dominance of the Descenders | 453 |
An Integral Vision | 476 |
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actually agrarian all-quadrant approach archetypes Ascending atoms awareness basic begin Big Three biocentric biosphere brain consciousness culture depth Descended grid dialectic of progress differentiation dimensions dissociation domains ecological egocentric emerge empirical Emptiness Enlightenment Enneagram ethnocentric evolution example experience exterior figure flatland forms four quadrants fulcrum fulcrum-2 Gaia global Hegel hierarchy higher stages holarchy holistic holons human identity individual industrial integral interior interpret intersubjective intuition Kosmos Left-Hand limbic system look manifestation means mind modernity molecules monological moral mysticism mythic nature ness nondual noosphere objective paradigm physiosphere Plotinus postmodern problem pure rational reality repression Right-Hand Romantics rung Schelling sciousness sense sensory simple location simply social sort soul Spirit stance systems theory talk theorists things tion transcends and includes transpersonal truth types ultimate unfolding vision-logic whole women World Soul worldcentric worldspace worldview