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Title

Trump and a post-truth world / Ken Wilber.

Author

Wilber, Ken

Publication

• Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2017.
• ©2017

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Description

x, 149 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"A provocative and balanced examination of our current social and political situation through the lens of Integral Theory--by a cutting-edge philosopher of our times. The socio-political climate of America is overwhelmingly divisive, and the response to the recent presidential election has been extreme, visceral, and extremely vocal on all sides. With so much hostility, antagonism, cynicism, and discord, how can we mend the ruptures in our society? Leading-edge philosopher Ken Wilber examines current events through the lens of Integral Theory to show what led to these fractures, both in America and around the world--as well as what is needed for humanity to move forward. In his provocative analysis, he explains that the election of Donald Trump is an evolutionary self-correction that has been decades in the making. It is in fact a backlash against the failure of those at the leading edge of consciousness (postmodernism and pluralism) to acknowledge the lie underlying the progress they've pursued: society is not equal, it's not consistent, and it doesn't make room for everyone. But a new Integral force is emerging that can move beyond the narcissism and nihilism of political correctness to offer genuine leadership and move toward a developmental-based wisdom of greater wholeness"--

Alternative Title

Trump & a post-truth world

Subject

• PHILOSOPHY / Political
• PHILOSOPHY / Social
• Political evolution
• Social evolution > Political aspects > United States
• Trump, Donald, 1946-
• Truthfulness and falsehood > Political aspects > United States
• United States > Politics and government > 21st century

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part one. An overview -- Self-correction at the leading edge -- That ever-expanding stairway -- The birth of a post-truth culture -- Part two. The territory -- No truth and no jobs: "ressentiment" -- The reverberating anti-green field -- The primary cause--and cure--of oppression -- Part three. The immediate future -- Where do we go from here? -- Dominator hierarchies and growth hierarchies -- The lessons green must learn -- Another way forward: truly integral.

ISBN

• 9781611805611
• 1611805619

LCCN

^^2017013590

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library