From: Integral World [frank.visser@eurorscg.nl] Sent: maandag 29 mei 2006 23:35 To: f.visser3@chello.nl Subject: [personal] On Being Critical INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 152 Amsterdam, May 30, 2006 This month Integral World has literally been flooded by visitors. Great to see the efforts to sustain a unique voice within the integral community are appreciated. Thanks everybody! ON BEING CRITICAL Mark Edwards shares his reflections on the value of criticism: "Criticism plays a fundamental role in the validation of knowledge produced in all fields of life. Consequently, healthy communities of all kinds encourage and provide forums for criticism and for the process of producing critical analysis. When we do not support the development of critical voices or when we discourage or ignore criticism we deny ourselves an opportunity for greater insight into what we are, what we stand for and what we can hold as true, just, good and beautiful in the world." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/edwards26.html WESTERN HISTORY Jeff Meyerhoff discusses Wilber's view of Western history in Chapter 6 of his "Bald Ambition". "Telling the history of Western civilization is a daunting task, even for a team of historians; so it's not surprising that Wilber's account should be problematic. While the division between this-world and the other-world, or the sacred and the profane, is a useful duality for characterizing opposing forces in history - and more commonly in anthropology - the documentation that Wilber provides falls far short of proving his case..." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/meyerhoff-ba-6.html POSTMODERN SPIRITUALITY Roland Benedikter has submitted parts 3, 4 and 5 of his series on Postmodern Spirituality -- or spiral aspects found in the recent works of several postmodern authors. Read more: The Postmodern Mind – And Its Future http://www.integralworld.net/benedikter3.html The Positive Core Concept at the Center of late Postmodern Philosophy: Inspiration http://www.integralworld.net/benedikter4.html Can Only A God Save Us? Postmodern Proto-Spirituality And The Current Global Turn To Religion http://www.integralworld.net/benedikter5.html Further additions to the Reading Room: 05/28/06: A weekly top ten of most popular essays on this site has been posted on the Welcome page. 05/28/06: Some top integral links have been posted at the top of the Welcome page, for easy reference. If you know other people interested in this IW Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/index.html?newsletter.html To go to the Newsletter Archive, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/index.html?newsletter.html To UNSUBSCRIBE from this Integral World Newsletter, click here: http://frank.e-marketing.eurorscg.net/afmelden.php?a=aa&e=f.visser3@chello.nl&id=3272&m=8 ======================================== Frank Visser, Waterpoortweg 279, 1051 pv, Amsterdam Author of: Ken Wilber: Thought as Passion SUNY 2003 Read all about Ken Wilber : http://www.integralworld.net ========================================