Integral development : realising the transformative potential of individuals, organisations and societies / by Alexander Schieffer and Ronnie Lessem.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Part I Divided World; 1 Development -- Quo Vadis?: Turning Point in Human Development; 1.1 Orientation; 1.2 Global, Outer Shift; 1.3 Personal, Inner Shift; 1.4 Integration; 2 Looking Back and Current Trends: A Critical Review of Human Development; 2.1 Orientation; 2.2 The Development Age; 2.3 And How it Continued: A Brief Overview of Core Development Approaches; 2.4 Reviewing Economic Development Theory and Practice; 2.5 Modernisation versus Dependency; 2.6 Development = A Destructive Force?

2.7 The End of Development?2.8 The Tao of Development; 2.9 Integration; 3 Deconstruction -- Reconstruction: Steps towards Renewing Human Development; 3.1 Orientation; 3.2 Deconstruction; 3.3 Reconstruction; 3.4 Integration; Part II Integral Worlds; 4 The Integral Perspective: Holistically Renewing Development; 4.1 Orientation; 4.2 The Rise of the Integral Age; 4.3 Integral Worlds Approach; 4.4 Comparing Integral Worlds with Other Integral Approaches; 4.5 Integration; 5 A New Approach: The Integral Development Framework; 5.1 Orientation; 5.2 Initiation; 5.3 Realities; 5.4 Realms; 5.5 Rounds.

5.6 Rhythms5.7 Integration; 6 Compass and Map: The Integral Development Journey; 6.1 Orientation; 6.2 The Compass; 6.3 Key Maps; 6.4 Build as You Travel; 6.5 Integration; Part III The Southern Realm of Integral Development; 7 Know Your Self and Your Context: A Southern Individual Perspective; 7.1 Orientation; 7.2 Answers from Africa; 7.3 The Indigenous Fourfold Way; 7.4 Psychological Types; 7.5 The Seasons of Human Life; 7.6 Integration; 8 The Ecosystemic Organisation: A Southern Organisational Perspective; 8.1 Orientation; 8.2 Life Cycles in Organisations.

8.3 Organisational Evolution via an Ecosystemic Shift8.4 Integration; 9 Embeddedness in Society: A Southern Societal Perspective; 9.1 Orientation; 9.2 Development as a Whole Life Project; 9.3 Embeddedness in Society; 9.4 Unleashing Community Potential; 9.5 Reactivating Vitality of Place; 9.6 Alignment with Nature as Central Development Agent; 9.7 Integration; 10 Southern Integration via a Communiversity: The Cases of Chinyika and First Peoples Worldwide; 10.1 Orientation; 10.2 Integrated Southern Practice; 10.3 Actualising the Communiversity; 10.4 Integration.

Part IV The Eastern Realm of Integral Development11 The Journey of the Self: An Eastern Individual Perspective; 11.1 Orientation; 11.2 The Hero's Journey; 11.3 The Pathway to Individuation; 11.4 The Evolution of the Self; 11.5 Inner Liberation and Freedom; 11.6 Integration; 12 Organisational Co-Evolution: An Eastern Organisational Perspective; 12.1 Orientation; 12.2 Deep Dialogue; 12.3 Myth, Ritual and Storytelling; 12.4 Releasing the Spirit of Organisational Co-Evolution; 12.5 Integration; 13 Evolutionary Stages in Society: An Eastern Societal Perspective; 13.1 Orientation.

Schieffer and Lessem introduce a groundbreaking development framework and process to address the most burning issues that humanity faces. While conventional top-down, outside-in development has reached a cul-de-sac, a new, integral form of development is emerging around the world. Integral Development uniquely articulates this emergent approach, and invites us to fully participate in this process. Integral Development combines four mutually reinforcing perspectives: nature and community; culture and spirituality; science, systems and technology; and enterprise and economics. Conventional devel.

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