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Critical and constructive, bold and daring, Integral Society challenges 21st-century persons to think deeply about fundamental institutional changes needed to defend the sovereignty of individuals. This wide-ranging and debatable book advances inquiry and action toward those vital goals. --John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College Gordon Anderson builds on the philosophy of Ken Wilber to outline the contours of a more ethical and functional civilization. Anderson makes a convincing argument for the necessity of individual economic autonomy and the widespread distribution of capital. --Steve McIntosh, Institute for Cultural Evolution, author of Developmental Politics, Gordon Anderson has given us a remarkably readable history of the roots of integral society and its potential future. Along the way he discloses and illustrates the real faults, gnarls, and blockages of such a society for today's world. --Allan Combs, Professor of Consciousness Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies, author The Radiance of Being: Understanding the Grand Integral Vision; Living the Integral Life In Integral Society Gordon Anderson argues that there is a purpose to human history which is the realization of free and resilient individuals in societies coordinated by institutions of which they are masters not slaves. The author sees this as glimpsed at key moments in the past and within our grasp today to make a permanent state if we but have the courage to face down the systemic evils in our midst.--Don Trubshaw, cofounder of Societal Values website and coauthor of Freedom and Belonging This is a excellent book. Based on Integral Theory, it demonstrates how to create a society that is more functional, ethical, economical, and otherwise more integral. I definitely recommend it very highly. --Ken Wilber, author, A Theory of Everything, Integrallife.com.

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Gordon L. Anderson, Ph. D., Claremont Graduate University, President, Paragon House, former Adjunct Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies. He is an expert in world social systems, organizing major international conferences and publishing books on the Soviet System, the Chinese system, and Liberal Democracies. He has served as President of the Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota.

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