From: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Sent: 20 April 2008 21:20 To: Frank Visser Subject: A Change of Discourse INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 237 Amsterdam, April 20, 2008 WILBER WATCH BLOG: "Some Convenient Truths" http://wilberwatch.blogspot.com/ THE TROUBLE WITH KEN WILBER - A PLEA FOR A CHANGE OF DISCOURSE - Frank Visser "The trouble with Ken Wilber, if you ask me, is that, for all his academic phraseology, he is not embedded in a corrective academic community. Instead, he has created a community of admirers of his own, in which he rules supreme. As King in his Integral Castle, his stance is isolationist, aloof, authoritarian – integral ideology is then just around the corner. And I don't mean by "embedded in academia" loading your books with academic endnotes, or teaching integral ideas to the younger generation, or offering accredited courses in some universities such as JFK, let alone starting a university of your own (Integral University). I mean opening up your own views to specialists in the various fields (postmodernism, evolutionary biology, political science) who can reflect and respond to your proposals. When it comes to the evaluation of Wilber's work, Wilber himself obviously cannot be the one in charge." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser24.html If you know other people interested in this Integral World 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/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UPDATE your email address or UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/login.php