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After the Clockwork Universe: The Emerging Science and Culture of Integral Society Paperback – August 1, 2007

by Sally J. Goerner (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
We are in the midst of the most dramatic cultural shift in three hundred years. THis book explains why great change is simmering in all facets of our civilization, from economics and politics to science and spirituality. Our inherited concept of a mechanistic world -- a clockwork universe -- is giving way and the vision of a web world is rising to take its place. Goernerexplains the new and profound rethinking emerging across modern science, from anthropology to physics. The author then weaves current realities into these new scientific insights to create a fascinating vision of history and science progressing through upheavals and rebirths to the present day. Humankind too, is ound into the patterns and processes of this web world, and Goerner describes the already visible signs of an emerging Integral Society in which head, heart and soul need no longer be at odds. Integral culture has the potential to build a more sustainable and peaceful civilization. Yet, all great change comes as a result of pressure and the author warns that our present social and economic systems are already becoming unstable. If we do not integrate the core lessons of the web world -- learning, collaboration, and intricacy -- into our ways of life, we face the specter of collapse.
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  1. Print length
    456 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Triangle Center for Complex Systems
  4. Publication date
    August 1, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.91 x 9.21 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0979868300
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0979868306
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Triangle Center for Complex Systems
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0979868300
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0979868306
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.91 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Dr. Richard G. Petty
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Intricate Web of the Universe
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2006
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    This is an astonishing and truly revolutionary book.

    Dr. Goerner builds a practical picture of the transformation that we must choose to take if we are to flourish or even survive. Her basic concept begins with the now familiar concept that civilizations undergo periodic "Big Changes," that involve changes in the way that they view the world. Not just how the intellectual elite sees things, but rather the general population. She thinks, and I am sure that she is correct, that we are on the cusp of one of these "Big Changes," which will involve the replacement of the Newtownian ("Clockwork") view of the universe, with a "Web" view, that sees the universe as a series of intricate interconnections. This "Web thinking" has been around for a while, but has so far not really taken root, because it has not always been expressed very clearly, many people have failed to see it's relevance to everyday life and it was not linked to any deeply felt, motivating vision.

    This book is an important step in rectifying those previous failings. She introduces a helpful term: "Intricacy," which she defines as "the order which arises from interweaving."

    My only disagreement is with her use of the word "Energy," of systems, when I think it would be more accurate to use the term "Information."

    Highly recommended.
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  • Cancercrazed
    5.0 out of 5 stars rebuilding
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013
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    I opened this book and heard myself pouring out of it only more refined and over a broader range of topics than I actually know anything about. EVERYONE should read this book. this is my holy text for creating the change that I want to see in the world. It is time we moved from a clockwork, as it is phrased in the book, world to and integral and holistic one.
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  • skatey88
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015
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    tough topic, but very meaningful
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  • Roger Tucker
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book is terrific!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2001
    Ms. Goerner has managed to integrate the disparate cultural, scientific and intellectual trends of the late 20th Century into a cohesive and comprehensible whole. One could say that she has transformed chaos into order, at least for this reader. Bravo!
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  • Sara Wolcott
    4.0 out of 5 stars Integrating the Integral Society
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2008
    Long before Korten began writing about 'the Great Transition,' Goerner wrote this beautiful, eloquent, and sweeping study of what she described as the emergence of the Integral Society. Unfortunately, this book was published in britain (american publisher's didn't take it) and has not gotten the circulation it richly deserves. While there are many other books out there looking at this Transition (including Hawken) and it is almost common knowledge in many circles, I still recommend this book because of its theory of social and cultural changes. Unlike Korten, who sees this current epoch as going back 5000 years, she accurately looks at the multiple shifts in world view in the West and how those have taken place in the past 2000 years, and demonstrates the integration, complexification and evolution of these ideas. She also presents a concise yet thorough understanding of systems theory, science of complexity and interdependence, chaos, biological changes, and 'new' scientific world views, etc. Alas, her last few chapters make several statements that are questionable, and it is difficult, without being an expert in the field, to really know how much weight to give her social predictions.
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  • Art my middle name
    5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for High School...will help our society far more than shaming and whining
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2022
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    This seminal book puts our Earth and life on it in a true, comprehensive science-based perspective that should be the foundation for decision making. Young adults need to learn to think with this perspective to be less-vulnerable to the manipulation that is so rampant in our (predominantly manipulated) Information Age society. It is a good book to read, markup, and give away, again and again.
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