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Nick Drummond talks with psychologist Mats Edin to give an introduction to the work they are doing in introducing Integral Education in Sweden.
They explain why the philosophy of evolutionary enlightenment (developed by Andrew Cohen) has inspired them to confront "Egalitarian Collectivism" by giving children (and adults!) meaning and purpose.
Egalitarian collectivism can be described as a position towards values in a culture where every perspective is treated as equal. From this position we deny hierarchy and differences in levels of development, nobody’s truth or perspective is better than anyone else’s. Everyone is right and it’s considered politically incorrect to judge anyone, because NOBODY tells ME what to do! When this position takes hold in a culture - even in a classroom - we deny all forms of hierarchy and thus the possibility of further development.
When a culture treats all perspectives as equal, human development towards higher levels of maturity (i.e. higher than egocentrism) becomes impossible and rampant narcissism takes over. Instead of experiencing a classroom environment where the atmosphere is constantly developing, we experience chaos or at best stagnation.
Instead of helping kids mature, EVERYONE wants to be a kid. The result is a culture that doesn’t care about itself, the planet or the future of its children.
Are you interested to learn more about applying this perspective in education? Then please contact us: http://www.nordicintegral.com email: nick.drummond@nordicintegral.com
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