Metatheory for the twenty-first century : critical realism and integral theory in dialogue

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    • Esbjörn-Hargens, Sean
    • Hedlund, Nicholas
    • Hartwig, Mervyn

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Metatheory for the twenty-first century : critical realism and integral theory in dialogue

edited by Roy Bhaskar ... [et al.]

(Ontological explorations)

Routledge, 2016

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Metatheory for the 21st century

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Other editors: Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Nicholas Hedlund, Mervyn Hartwig

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory. Building on its origins at a symposium in Luxembourg in 2010, this book examines the points of connection and divergence between critical realism and integral theory, arguably two of the most comprehensive and sophisticated contemporary metatheories. The Luxembourg symposium and the four more that followed explored the possibilities for their cross-pollination, culminating in five positions on their potential for integration, and began the process of fashioning a whole new evolutionary trajectory for both integral theory and critical realism. The contributors to this book bring together critical realism and integral theory in order to explore the potential of this collaboration for the advancement of both. Highlighting the ways in which these metatheories can transform scholarship and address the most pressing global issues of the 21st century, this book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of metatheory, philosophy, social theory, critical realism, integral theory and current affairs more generally.

Table of Contents

Foreword Roger Walsh Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: On the Deep Need for Integrative Metatheory in the 21st-Century 1. Beyond Nature and Humanity: Reflections on the Emergence and Purposes of Metatheories 2. Healing the Half-World: The Emancipatory Potential of Meta-Level Social Science 3. Developing a Complex Integral Realism for Global Response: Three Meta-Frameworks for Knowledge Integration and Coordinated Action 4. Towards a Complex, Integral Realism 5. Rethinking the Intellectual Resources for Addressing Complex 21st-Century Challenges: Towards a Critical Realist Integral Theory 6. After Integral Gets Real: On Meta-Critical Chiasma of CR and IT Michael Schwartz 7. Why I'm a Critical Realist 8. Contributions of Embodied Philosophy to Ontological Questions in Critical Realism and Integral Theory Afterword

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  • NCID
    BB20431560
  • ISBN
    • 9780415820004
    • 9780415820479
  • LCCN
    2015023808
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxii, 325 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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