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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779590803321

Titolo

Integral dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : political economy, cultural dynamics and the future of the university / / Ronnie Lessem ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Gower, c2013

ISBN

1-315-58891-9

1-317-11560-0

1-317-11559-7

1-4094-5104-6

1-283-99443-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (645 p.)

Collana

Transformation and innovation series

Altri autori (Persone)

LessemRonnie

Disciplina

330.071/1

Soggetti

Economics - Study and teaching

Public administration

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Orientation: Local identity to global integrity -- pt. II. Integral dynamics: Transformational/transpersonal -- pt. III. Integral dynamics: Trans-cultural/trans-disciplinary -- pt. IV. Integral dynamics: Economics and enterprise over-arching effect -- pt. V. Conclusion: Integral dynamics in practice.

Sommario/riassunto

The theory of integral dynamics is based on the view that the development of individual leaders or entrepreneurs requires the simultaneous development of institutions and societies. It seeks a specific way forward for each society, fundamentally different from, but drawing on, its past. Nearly every natural science has been transformed from an analytically-based approach to a dynamic one: now it is time for society and culture to follow suit locally and globally. Each culture, discipline and person is incomplete and in need of others in order to develop and evolve. The authors set out a progra