The Great Adventure: Toward a Fully Human Theory of Evolution (SUNY series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) - Tapa blanda

Outlines how a new working partnership between psychologists and evolutionary systems scientists can help create a more humanistic evolutionary theory.

Working to achieve the dream of the great spiritual and scientific visionaries, an international and multidisciplinary group of advanced evolution theorists explores how a new morally sensitive and action-oriented theory of human evolution can help guide our species through troubled times to reach a higher plateau for humanity. The Great Adventure probes how chaos and complexity theories, new brain research, studies of child development, new theories of creativity and consciousness, and other neglected social and systems science discoveries cumulate to reveal a new full-spectrum, action-oriented theory. The book outlines how a new working partnership between psychologists and evolutionary systems scientists can meet a pivotal challenge for the twenty-first century. In addition to describing how to build such a theory, the book includes outlines for distance learning studies.

"...the themes introduced by the authors are likely to be among the central ones of any new world-view.... David Loye's central insight, which motivates this book, is in my opinion right on the money. The organizing principle of the new faith—a faith of human beings about human beings—is evolution itself. Not the traditionally taught evolutionary scenario dominated by competition and selfishness, but an understanding closer to the original Darwinian one that sees cooperation and transcendence of the self as the most exciting parts of the story." — from the Foreword by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"Loye brings new themes and dimensions into the exploration of evolution at the human level—from the role of gender relations to the coevolution of culture and consciousness." — Duane Elgin, author of Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness

Contributors include Ken Bausch, Raymond Bradley, Allan Combs, Alexander Christakis, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Riane Eisler, Sally Goerner, Ervin Laszlo, David Loye, Alfonso Montuori, Ruth Richards, and Stanley Salthe.

b>David Loye is co-founder of The General Evolution Research Group and Vice President of the Center for Partnership Studies. Among his books are the award-winning The Healing of a Nation; The Leadership Passion; and The Sphinx and the Rainbow.