A wider definition of integral

Frank Visser’s Integral World goes Open Integral Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Most of the readers of this blog will be famliar with Integral World, the site maintained by Frank Visser that is the only home for serious critique of Ken Wilber’s version of integral theory. Until recently, the site has been explicitely Wilber-centric and Frank was reportedly reluctant to widen the scope to other integral traditions.

But in his latest editorial reflecting on the spin-offs of the Wilber rant, Frank Visser has made the momentous decision of opening up his site to the totality of integral traditions. This is therefore an open invitation to send your essays to Frank. Here’s the quote:

“Starting today, Integral World will proceed with a different focus: a wider definition of integral, including and transcending Ken Wilber. As a start, read part one of Alan Kazlev’s series: “Towards a larger definition of the integral. Part One: Historical and Comparative use of Integral'’“. Let’s remember that integral philosophy is wider then Ken Wilber’s version of it – a fact he readily acknowledges – and that other versions of it can and should be explored. But also, I would like to add, that a critical analysis of Wilber’s theoretical proposals outside of the in-group context of the integral organizations, would be very timely. So not only “integrally informed”, but “sceptically informed” as well.” Posted in Integral Sites 4 Comments »