PRELUDE
TO
AN
INTEGRAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
IN
PROGRESS
(2002)
By
Michel BAUWENS
Introduction
This is really a
work in progress. Sometime during 1999, when I was seriously considering
taking a reading sabbatical, I asked myself: "what should a cultured person
who wants to understand contemporary civilisation read?". Excluding fiction
and primary works, such a bibliography would have books on the major historical
epochs and their accompanying philosophies and spiritualities, as well
as works summarising the historical evolution of certain key concepts.
I have loosely organised it around the four quadrants as defined by Ken
Wilber (subject, object, intersubjective, interobjective, or: the self,
the organism and its exteriorisation in technology, social systems, and
culture), while also taking some liberties with this system, i.e. the evolution
of technology, considered as an extension of the body, is in the 'individual
object' quadrant. As a reminder, the Wilber system uses two axis: the invidual
vs. the collective system; and the interior (invisible desires, motivation
etc..) vs. the exterior (things measurable in time and space), which gives
the four aspects of reality just described above.
I've called it a
prelude as it is not a professional undertaking, but an ongoing noting
of important works. I include a book it I see it recommended by any scholar,
author or institute that I respect, and try to include some copied explanatory
notes from these sources whenever I can. It contains books in the languages
that I can read or speak myself: English, French, Dutch.
Of course, this is
in many ways a collective effort, either because other people send me suggestions,
or because I used collective insights from mailing lists (especially postconpol
and multitudes)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
access
to the full bibliography:
The
First Quadrant
The
Second Quadrant
The
Third Quadrant
The
Fourth Quadrant
Five:
important authors
1.
FIRST QUADRANT: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SELF (the evolution of the subject
as an individual and his 'inner' life)
1.1 Introduction:
the self / the individual
- THE SELF
AND ITS GENESIS
- THE SELF TODAY
extra: THE POSTMODERN
CHALLENGE TO THE SELF
- THE SELF TOMORROW
- THE SELF IN ITS
DEVELOPMENT/EVOLUTION (STAGE THEORIES)
extra: MORAL DEVELOPMENT
extra: OTHER 'INTEGRATIVE'
APPROACHES
- INDIVIDUALISM AND
ITS EVOLUTION
extra: FICTION ON
INDIVIDUALISM
1.2 aspects of
the self
- THE SELF
AND ITS AESTHETIC JUDGMENT (ART, TASTE)
- THE SELF AND THE
BODY
-THE SELF AND ITS
EMOTIONS
- THE SELF AND ITS
RATIONALITY
-- subtopic: REASON
AND THE IMAGINARY/IRRATIONAL
IMAGINATION /SYMBOLISM
1.3 organisation by
mode of consciousness / historical epoch
- CONSCIOUSNESS
(GENERALITIES)
subtopic: THE UNCONSCIOUS
- THE ARCHAIC MODE
- THE MAGICAL MODE
extra: POSTMAGICAL
REVIVALS
- THE MYTHOLOGICAL
MODE
GREECE / INDE
- MENTAL/RATIONAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
- INTEGRAL CONSCIOUSNESS
- POSTRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
1.4 organisation
by topic
- CHILDHOOD
- DEATH AND DYING
- EVIL
- LANGUAGE
- MEMORY
- NARCISSISM
- NATURE (relationship
with)
- PSYCHEDELICS (weed, cannabis, Psilocybin, etc.)
- TIME
..subtopic: speed
- VIOLENCE
2.
SECOND QUADRANT: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ORGANISM
2.1 organisation
by historical epochs / phases
- TECHNOLOGY
IN GENERAL
- WRITING
- PRINTING
- INTERNET AND THE
WEB
- POSTHUMAN TECHNOLOGIES
- CRITIQUES OF TECHNOLOGY
AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
subtopic: TECHNOLOGY
AND SPIRITUALITY
2.2 organisation
by topic
- ANIMALITY
- THE BODY
- THE BRAIN
- THE COSMOS
- LANGUAGE/SEMIOTICS
- THE OBJECT AS SUCH
3.
THIRD QUADRANT: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
(the inter-objective
organisation of society)
3.1 introduction/generalities
on systems and their evolution
- SYSTEMS
THINKING
- EVOLUTION
3.2 historical
epochs of the world-system
- INTRODUCTION:
THE DYNAMICS OF HISTORY
extra: POSTMODERN
CHALLENGES
extra: THE CONCEPT
OF PROGRESS
- PRE-HISTORIES
- HISTORY ACROSS
TIMESCALES (GLOBAL HISTORIES)
extra: CIVILISATIONS
extra: REGIONAL HISTORIES
- PRESENT TIME -
20TH CENTURY
extra AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/TESTIMONIALS
extra: NON-EUROCENTRIC
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS
- WHAT'S NEXT / GLOBAL
FUTURES
3.3 political
systems: the state and its evolution
- INTRODUCTION:
HISTORY OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
20th CENTURY 21th
CENTURY
- INTRODUCTION: HISTORY
OF POLITICAL THEORY
- THE STATE
history of state
form the contemporary postmodern and/or global state
extra: THE DEBATE
AROUND EMPIRE (BY TONI NEGRI)
3.4 political
systems: topics
-COLONISATION
extra: CRITIQUES
OF EUROCENTRISM
- DEMOCRACY
- GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
extra: INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
- GLOBALISATION
extra: delinking
/ SAMIR AMIN
extra: CULTURAL GLOBALISATION
-HUMAN RIGHTS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
/ USA / EUROPE
- POWER
- REVOLUTION AND
CHANGE
extra: MARXIST CONCEPTIONS
extra: 'REVOLUTION WITHOUT POWER'? extra: ANTI-REVOLUTION
- SOCIAL EVOLUTION
- UTOPIAN SYSTEMS
- WAR
3.5 economic
systems and their evolution
- INTRODUCTION
extra: NON-EUROCENTRIC
ACCOUNTS
- PRECAPITALIST
ORIGINS OF MONEY/THE
GIFT ECONOMY
ANTIQUITY
FEUDALISM
- CAPITALIST
NON-EUROCENTRIC ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL / THE MARKET
CRITIQUES
- THE CONTEMPERARY
SYSTEM
non-European/Eurocentric
accounts
postcapitalist/postindustrial/informational
POSTINDUSTRIAL
COGNITIVE CAPITALISM
THE IMMATERIAL ECONOMY
- WHAT NEXT: AFTER
CAPITALISM
peer to peer economics
(cooperation)
3.6 economic
systems: topics
- ALTERNATIVE
ECONOMICS
extra: NEOLIBERAL
ECONOMICS
- CONSUMERISM
-COOPERATION
-DEVELOPMENT
critiques of development
- ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABILITY
- FINANCIAL SYSTEM
-MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
extra: ALTERNATIVES
- MONEY
- WORK
extra: UNIVERSAL
ALLOWANCE
3.7 other systems
- FOOD (PRODUCTION)
SYSTEMS
- MEDIA SYSTEMS
- RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
- VARIOUS OTHER INSTITUTIONAL
SYSTEMS
PSYCHIATRY
SCIENCE
4.
FOURTH QUADRANT: THE EVOLUTION OF OUR COLLECTIVE CULTURE
(the inter-subjective)
4.1 human
cultures and intersubjectivity (general topics)
- INTERSUBJECTIVITY
(GENERAL)
extra: FICTION ABOUT
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
- CONFLICT RESOLUTION
/ NONVIOLENCE
- CULTURE AND ITS
INTERPRETATION
- THE FAMILY
- GROUP DYNAMICS
- INTERSUBJECTIVE
TOOLS
4.2 intersubjective
cultural domains
- ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
- ECONOMIC CULTURE
- LEGAL CULTURE /
ETHICS / VALUES
- KNOWLEDGE CULTURE
(Epistemology/Episteme's)
- LITERARY CULTURE
extra: IMPORTANCE
OF INDIVIDUAL LITERARY FIGURES
extra: IMPORTANCE
OF LITERARY GENRES
- POLITICAL CULTURE
extra: TOWARDS A
NEW POLITICS
subtopic: left vs.
right
- LEFT:
MARXISM
MARX - ORIGINAL WORKS
MARXISM - CRITIQUES
OF...
THIRD WAY
- RIGHT
CLASSIC LIBERALISM
NEO-LIBERALISM
FASCISM/NAZISM
**subtopic: equality
vs hierarcy
**subtopic: the concept
of progress
**subtopic: Utopia
extra: SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM/ANARCHISM
- POPULAR CULTURE
(and other intersubjective inequalities)
- RACIAL CULTURE
(and other intersubjective inequalities)
- SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
extra: POSTMODERN
CHALLENGES
ANTHROPOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
- SEXUAL CULTURES
CHRISTIANITY/ THE
WEST
THE ORIENT
- SPIRITUAL CULTURES
extra: SPIRITUAL
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
***SPORT-PHYSICAL
CULTURE
***TEMPORAL CULTURES
extra: AGAINST CONTEMPORARY
SPEED
**subtopic: (conceptions
of) the future and futurism
**subtopic: conceptions
of history
- 4.3 philosophical
cultures, by geography/civilisation
- AFRICA
- ASIA
China
India
- EUROPE
France
extra: LITERATURE
Germany
Greece
extra: LITERATURE
Italy
Northern Europe
- INDO-EUROPEAN
- ISLAM
- 4.4 philosophical
culture and conceptions, by historical epoch
- ANTIQUE
PHILOSOPHY
- GREEK PHILOSOPHIES
movements
EPICURIANISM
STOICISM
SCEPTICISM
MATERIALISM
individuals
ARISTOTELES
PLATO
- INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES
- MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHIES
- RENAISSANCE
- ENLIGHTENMENT
- ROMANTICISM
- IDEALISM
HEGEL
- MODERNISM
FEMINISM
LIBERALISM
ANTI-MODERNISM (CONSERVATIVE)
MARXISMS AND OTHER
RADICAL CRITIQUES
CRITICAL THEORY
WALTER BENJAMIN
- POSTMODERNISM
related philosophies
STRUCTURALISM/POSTSTRUCTURALISM
CONSTRUCTIVISM
DECONSTRUCTION
related philosophers
BAUDRILLARD DELEUZE/GUATTARI
FOUCAULT
other contemporary
philosophies/philosophers
DEEP ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENTALISM
NEO-HEDONISM
- 4.5 philosophical
topics and disciplines
- EPISTEMOLOGY
- ETHICS
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- 4.6 key historical
events and their interpretation
- MAY '68
- 4.7 religious and
spiritual cultures (by region)
***EUROPE
- 4.8 (histories
of) religious and spiritual cultures
- RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
(GENERAL)
- PRE-HISTORIC RELIGIONS/SHAMANISM
- THE GNOSTICS
- ISLAM
- JUDAISM
- POLYTHEISM
India
Greece
- TAOISM
- ZOROASTRIANISM
- 4.9 religious
and spiritual topics
- EVIL/THE
DEVIL
- GOD
- GODDESS
- HEAVEN AND HELL
- MARY
- NON-DUALITY
- PANTHEISM
- THE SACRED
5.
FIVE: IMPORTANT AUTHORS
- SAMIR
AMIN
- GEORGES BATAILLE
- WALTER BENJAMIN
- JOHN GODOPHIN BENNET
- ERNST BLOCH
- CORNELIS CASTORIADIS
- HENRI CORBIN
- ALAIN DANIELOU
- EUGENE DREWERMANN
- NORBERT ELIAS
- HERBERT MARCUSE
- TONI NEGRI
