Michael Schwartz & Sean Esbjörn-Hargens 
Dancing with Sophia 
Integral Philosophy on the Verge

Dancing with Sophia is the first book of essays to focus on the philosophical dimensions and implications of integral theory. A metatheory that organizes first order theories and disciplines into higher order modes of knowing and insight needed to address the complexity of today’s world, integral theory has already impacted a wide range of disciplines, from psychology to business to religious studies to art. Included here are perspectives by scholars in the continental, comparativist, and process traditions who dive into integral theory’s postmetaphysical claims in order to mine, extend, and critique its philosophical merits. On the verge of its own emergence, integral philosophy promotes modes of creative critical thought oriented toward the multidimensional flourishing of planetary well-being, and
Dancing with Sophia will be of interest to scholars in philosophy; religious studies; transpersonal, developmental, and humanist psychology; and more.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables



Foreword: The Global-Historical Movement of Integral Thinking


Brian Schroeder



Introduction: Integral Philosophy on the Verge


Michael Schwartz and
Sean Esbjorn-Hargens




Part I. Criticality and Normative Orientation



1. Integral Theory, Pragmatism, and the Future of Philosophy


Zachary Stein



2. Stages, States, and Modes of Existence in Integral Critical Theory


Martin Beck Matuštik



3. Tetra Call of the Good


Michael Schwartz



4.
Nothing Matters vs. Nothing
Matters: How Integral Theory Addresses Nihilism


Michael E. Zimmerman




Part II. Wild Nature—Plural Touch



5. Heidegger and Integral Ecology: Toward an Intelligible Cosmos


David E. Storey



6. Dancing on the Verge: Schelling, Dōgen, and Integral Thinking


Jason M. Wirth



7. An Integral Touch: Philosophies for Pluralism, Realism, and Embodiment


Sam Mickey




Part III. Limits and Critique



8. Toward an Integral Ontological Pluralism: A Process-Oriented Critique of Integral Theory’s Evolutionary Cosmology


Zayin Cabot



9. Derrida and Wilber at the Crossroads of Metaphysics


Gregory Desilet



10. Ontological and Epistemic Considerations for Integral Philosophy: Toward a Critical Realist Integral Theory


Nicholas Hedlund



11. Embodied Realisms and Integral Ontologies: Toward Self-Critical Theories 311


Tom Murray



12. Making Sense of Everything? Integral Postmetaphysics and the Theological Turn in Continental Philosophy


Cameron Stewart Rees Freeman



Part IV: Philosophy and Meta-Philosophy



13. Sophia Speaks: An Integral Grammar of Philosophy


Bruce Alderman



Afterword: Realism and Idealism in Integral Theory


Ken Wilber



List of Contributors

Index

Über den Autor

Michael Schwartz is Professor of Art History and Humanities at Augusta University. He is coeditor (with Jason M. Wirth and David Jones) of
On the True Sense of Art: A Critical Companion to the Transfigurements of John Sallis and
The Gift of Logos: Essays in Continental Philosophy.
Sean Esbjörn-Hargens is the founder of Meta Integral, a social enterprise company dedicated to the professional application of integral principles. He is coeditor (with Jonathan Reams and Olen Gunnlaugson) of
Integral Education: New Directions for Higher Learning and editor of
Integral Theory in Action: Applied, Theoretical, and Constructive Perspectives on the AQAL Model, both published by SUNY Press.