Integral Dynamics: Political Economy, Cultural Dynamics and the Future of the University

by Ronnie Lessem, Alexander Schieffer, Samuel D. Rima

The theory of integral dynamics is based on the view that the development of individual leaders or entrepreneurs requires the simultaneous development of institutions and societies. It seeks a specific way forward for each society, fundamentally different from, but drawing on, its past. Nearly every natural science has been transformed from an analytically-based approach to a dynamic one: now it is time for society and culture to follow suit locally and globally. Each culture, discipline and person is incomplete and in need of others in order to develop and evolve. The authors set out a programme for a new integral, trans-cultural and trans-disciplinary area of study, including, but extending beyond, economics and enterprise. It links self with community, enterprise and society, and focusing on the vital relationship between local identity and global integrity. Illustrated with examples relating the conceptual to the practical, this is a text for our trans-modern age.

648 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2012