Metatheory for the 21st century : critical realism and integral theory in dialogue / edited by Roy Bhaskar, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Nicholas Hedlund, and Mervyn Hartwig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-2014, editor.

Series:

Ontological explorations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metatheory.

Critical realism.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Metatheory for the Twenty-First 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 twenty-first 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Beyond nature and humanity: reflections on the emergence and purposes of metatheories / Zachary Stein Stein, Zachary 35

2 Healing the halt-world: ideology and the emancipatory potential of meta-level social science / Mark G. Edwards Edwards, Mark G. 69

3 Developing a complex integral realism for global response: three meta-frameworks for knowledge integration and coordinated action / Sean Esbjöm-Hargens Esbjöm-Hargens, Sean 99

4 Towards a complex integral realism / Paul Marshall Marshall, Paul 140

5 Rethinking the intellectual resources for addressing complex twenty-first-century challenges: towards a critical realist integral theory / Nicholas Hedlund Hedlund, Nicholas 183

6 After integral gets real: on meta-critical chicisma of CR and IT / Michael Schwartz Schwartz, Michael 230

7 Why I'm a critical realist / Mervyn Hart-wig Hart-wig, Mervyn 245

8 Contributions of embodied realism to ontological questions in critical realism and integral theory / Tom Murray Murray, Tom 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138856240

113885624X

9780415820479

0415820472

9780415820004

0415820006

OCLC:

911200055