[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Integral Studies (10/31/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/7/07-2/10/07)

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From: Daniel Anderson <andersdg@uidaho.edu>


CALL FOR PAPERS:  INTEGRAL STUDIES

2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association 
Conference

According to the website of the California Institute of Integral Studies,
&#65533;Integral studies are a response to the growing need to 
synthesize the
fragmentary aspects of contemporary thought and culture into a 
meaningful whole.
[&#65533;] In exploring the interplay of mind, body, and spirit, integral
education connects the spiritual and practical dimensions of 
intellectual life.
The integration of the wisdom traditions presents an evolution of 
consciousness
that has never been more relevant and crucial than it is today&#65533;
(www.ciis.edu).

In his essay &#65533;What is Enlightenment&#65533;&#65533;a title that 
poses a
historically, intellectually, and spiritually loaded question in this
context&#65533;Michel Foucault writes, &#65533;[C]riticism is no longer 
going to
be practiced in the search for
formal structures with universal value, but rather as a historical 
investigation
into the events that have led us to constitute ourselves and to recognize
ourselves as subjects of what we are doing, thinking, and saying. In 
that sense,
this criticism is not transcendental, and its goal is not that of making a
metaphysics possible:  it is genealogical in its design and 
archaeological in
its method&#65533; (45-46).

Is an Integral critique, in Foucault&#65533;s sense, possible?

This panel seeks to understand Integral Studies as a phenomenon of popular
culture, and as a pedagogy or a means of inquiry.  Papers exploring the
genealogy of the Integral approach in history, current developments in 
Integral
Studies literature and teaching practices, and critical responses to the 
motives
and methods of Integral Studies, are encouraged.  All papers should 
demonstrate
a solid understanding of critical theory (broadly defined), as well as an
Integral approach to the constellation of issues invoked by Integral 
Studies.

Direct a 100-word abstract (attachments in MS Word are acceptable), or your
inquiries, to Daniel Gustav Anderson at andersdg at uidaho.edu, or:

Anderson
Department of English
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441102
Moscow, ID 83844-1102
USA


Abstracts are due 31 October 2006.

The conference will take place February 7-10, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in
downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.  For further information, see:
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/




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