Integral Advantage

Revisiting Emerging Markets and Societies

Business & Finance, Economics, International Economics, Theory of Economics
Cover of the book Integral Advantage by Ronnie Lessem, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ronnie Lessem ISBN: 9781134804184
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 15, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Ronnie Lessem
ISBN: 9781134804184
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 15, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The BRICS countries are heralded for their double digit economic growth rates and while this has indeed been impressive, particularly in India and China, it is clear that significant social and environmental fault-lines have developed in these regions. Building on the integral heritage of Ronnie Lessem’s previous work through Trans4m’s Centre for Integral Development, here he makes the case for ’integral advantage’, a philosophy inclusive of nature and culture, technology and economy, altogether accommodated by an integral polity. Moreover, and as will be illustrated in each of the cases of the five BRICS countries, each one is an integral entity in its own particular right, and needs to be viewed, and duly evolved, as such. In the final analysis, he argues, then, that around the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its economic limitations, in isolation, but to the failure of nature and culture, technology and economy, to co-evolve in unison, under the rubric of an integral polity, altogether aligned with that particular society. Drawing on the approach he has developed towards the release of a society’s genius, in each case, he demonstrates how the pursuit of integral advantage may actually arise. Most specifically, he indicates how a balance between the spiritual and the material, on the one hand, and the natural and the social, on the other, needs to be achieved.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The BRICS countries are heralded for their double digit economic growth rates and while this has indeed been impressive, particularly in India and China, it is clear that significant social and environmental fault-lines have developed in these regions. Building on the integral heritage of Ronnie Lessem’s previous work through Trans4m’s Centre for Integral Development, here he makes the case for ’integral advantage’, a philosophy inclusive of nature and culture, technology and economy, altogether accommodated by an integral polity. Moreover, and as will be illustrated in each of the cases of the five BRICS countries, each one is an integral entity in its own particular right, and needs to be viewed, and duly evolved, as such. In the final analysis, he argues, then, that around the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its economic limitations, in isolation, but to the failure of nature and culture, technology and economy, to co-evolve in unison, under the rubric of an integral polity, altogether aligned with that particular society. Drawing on the approach he has developed towards the release of a society’s genius, in each case, he demonstrates how the pursuit of integral advantage may actually arise. Most specifically, he indicates how a balance between the spiritual and the material, on the one hand, and the natural and the social, on the other, needs to be achieved.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Degrees of Difference by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Food and Development by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Virtues in the Public Sphere by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Communicating Hope by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Taiwan's Democracy by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book A Poetics of Postmodernism by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Commercial and Maritime Statutes by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Museums and Public Value by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Femininity, Feminism and Recreational Pole Dancing by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book The Mayan Languages by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Ayahs, Lascars and Princes by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Liberal Democracy as the End of History by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Discourse, Dialogue and Technology Enhanced Learning by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media by Ronnie Lessem
Cover of the book Learning Disorders by Ronnie Lessem
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy