2009/5/14 Carlos Gabriel Quiroz <quirozom@gmail.com>:
Hi. I have been reading up on integral philosophy (e.g. Ken Wilber,>
> Hello everyone, my name's Gabriel. I'm quite serious about becoming a peace
> activist and my interest in Lojban is its potential for interpersonal
> conflict resolution, mediation, negotiations, etc. since I'm very interested
> in the role of language and communication in conflict resolution and peace
> making. Right now I'm learning all I can about Peace -building, -making,
> -keeping, Peace Theory, Peace Education, Peace Culture, nonviolence,
> community building, etc. everything involved with peace. I'd really
> appreciate it if anyone here has any books, articles, websites,
> documentaries to recommend. Naturally, I've read 1984 and am interested in
> digging deeper.
> If anyone's interested in learning about peace, let me know and I'll share
> with you sources and materials as I come by them.
> Here are some which I consider good to start with. Most of what I've been
> reading has been offline.
> Manifesto 2000 by UNESCO
> (a voluntary compromise)
> http://www3.unesco.org/manifesto2000/uk/uk_manifeste.htm
>
> Psychology for Peace Activists
> (it's a case study ebook on the steps peace activists go through, based on
> american activists)
> http://www.culture-of-peace.info/ppa/title-page.html
>
> Nonviolence by Wikipedia
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolence
>
> Thanks! Good luck!
Jean Gebser, William Irwin Thompson, Michael Murphy), which seeks to
provide an understanding of the evolution of consciousness, culture,
and civilization. Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Ken
Wilber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber):
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Levels or stages
The concept of levels follows closely on the concept of lines of
development. The more highly developed you are in a particular line,
the higher level you are at in that line. Wilber's conception of the
level is clearly based on several theories of developmental
psychology, including: Piaget's theory of cognitive development,
Kohlberg's stages of moral development, Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, and Jane Loevinger's
stages of ego development.
One such scheme describes the ethical developmental line, for example:
* Egocentric (similar to Carol Gilligan's 'Selfish' stage)
* Ethnocentric or Sociocentric (Gilligan's 'Care' stage)
* Worldcentric (Gilligan's 'Universal Care' stage)
* Being-centric (Gilligan's 'Integrated' stage)
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If Lojban really helps to communicate in a less culturally specific
manner of thinking, there might be an interesting potential in this
language to bring along people from the ethnocentric stage onto the
worldcentric stage, which is considered to be the primary
psychological basis for seeking 'world peace'. But I'm still exploring
what Lojban can do either linguistically or psychologically (and
perhaps even its political implications), so there is little for me to
comment in definitive terms on the matter as of now.
tijlan