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Ken Wilber
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American writer and public speaker
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Ken Wilber is an American writer, philosopher, psychologist, and author born in Oklahoma City on January 31, 1949. He holds United States citizenship and was educated at Duke University. Wilber’s professional work began in 1967, and he is primarily associated with the field of integral theory. His religious worldview is identified as Buddhism, and he speaks English.
Wilber has authored 22 works, including *Grace and Grit* (1991), *Post-Truth World*, *Finding Radical Wholeness*, and *Atman Project*. His intellectual development has been influenced by Jean Gebser, Jürgen Habermas, Jean Piaget, and Nagarjuna. He is also categorized under the writing department and has been referenced by 261 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Ken Wilber / Grace and Grit 1991
- קיצור תולדות הכול
- Post-Truth World
- Finding Radical Wholeness
- Atman Project
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Film & TV
Writing
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,475
- Total plays
- 33,898
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An American integral thinker and author. Ken Wilber was born on January 31, 1949 in Oklahoma City, OK. In 1967 he enrolled as a pre-med student at Duke University, and almost immediately experienced a disillusionment with what science had to offer. He became inspired by Eastern literature, particularly the Tao Te Ching, which catalyzed his conversion to Buddhism. He left Duke, enrolled in the University of Nebraska, and completed a bachelor's degree with a double major in chemistry and biology.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
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Quotes
- “In fact, at this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to a mature, rational, and responsible ego, capable of freely participating in the open exchange of mutual self-esteem. There is the "edge of history". There would be a real New Age.”
- “Modern science is no longer denying spirit. And that, that is epochal. As Hans Küng remarked, the standard answer to "Do you believe in Spirit?" used to be, "Of course not, I'm a scientist", but it might very soon become, "Of course I believe in Spirit. I'm a scientist."”
- “Prana is implicate to matter but explicate to mind; mind is implicate to prana but explicate to soul; soul is implicate to mind but explicate to spirit; and the spirit is the source and suchness of the entire sequence.”
- “My ankle hurts from dancing last night, so there is pain, but the pain doesn't hurt me, for there is no me.”
- “In other words, all of my books are lies. They are simply maps of a territory, shadows of a reality, gray symbols dragging their bellies across the dead page, suffocated signs full of muffled sound and faded glory, signifying absolutely nothing. And it is the nothing, the Mystery, the Emptiness alone that needs to be realized: not known but felt, not thought but breathed, not an object but an atmosphere, not a lesson but a life.”
- “The single greatest world transformation would simply be the embrace of global reasonableness and pluralistic tolerance—the global embrace of egoic-rationality (on the way to centauric vision-logic).”
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Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. , ( 1949-01-31 ) January 31, 1949 (age 77) , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, United States
- Education
- Duke University , (no degree), University of Nebraska–Lincoln , (no degree)
- Era
- New Age
- Region
- Western esotericism
- Main interests
- Integral theory
- Notable works
- The Spectrum of Consciousness (1977), The Atman Project (1980), Grace and Grit (1991), Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (1995, 2001)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ken
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Field of work
- integral theory
- Official website
- integrallife.com
- Image
- Ken Wilber 10.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ken Wilber
- date of birth
- 1949-01-31
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- influenced by
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- name in native language
- Ken Wilber
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. (born January 31, 1949) is an American writer on transpersonal psychology and his own integral theory, a four-quadrant grid which purports to model all human knowledge and experience.
Life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ken Wilber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.