The Midwest Book Review has given Developmental Politics an “unreservedly recommended” review on their “political science shelf.” Other reviews of DP are also in the works, which I will repost here are they appear. The Political Science Shelf Developmental Politics Steve McIntosh www.stevemcintosh.com Paragon House 3600 Labore Road, Suite 1, St. Paul, MN 55110-4144 https://www.paragonhouse.com/wp

Here’s my latest podcast with Layman Pascal wherein we discuss the idea that value itself can be understood as a form of interior energy that influences consciousness and culture. As described in chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Developmental Politics, value serves as the motivating power that attracts human interest and generates political will. Also

USA Today (2.6 million daily readers) published my op-ed today: ‘Mrs. America’ Shows How Art Can Bridge Our Nation’s Cultural, Partisan Divisions In the op-ed I argue that Cate Blanchett’s performance demonstrates “cultural intelligence.” The post USA Today Op-Ed: ‘Mrs. America’ Shows How Art Can Bridge Our Nation’s Cultural, Partisan Divisions appeared first on Steve

Ever since I cast my first vote for Jimmy Carter in 1980, I’ve identified politically as a progressive. And while I continue to support many progressive political goals, the political position advocated by my new book, Developmental Politics, is best characterized as post-progressive. This emerging post-progressive perspective is not “anti-progressive,” it seeks to better integrate

I’m adding to the philosophers I profiled in my last blog post titled: My “Armchair Philosopher” Series. These seven additional philosopher profiles were originally posted on my Facebook page. The posts garnered some interesting comments. Taylor Eminent philosopher Charles Taylor on the deep intuition of the reality of transcendence: “The individual pursuit of happiness as

During the pandemic shutdown I’ve been more active on Twitter and Facebook than usual. On April 8 I tweeted one of my favorite quotes by Alfred North Whitehead, including a photo of him in a 1940s-style armchair, which led to a humorous comment. I then found similar “armchair” photos of other integral philosophers, which resulted

My new video, “How to Overcome Polarization in 5-Minutes,” explains how an understanding of the dynamic behavior of “value polarities” can help ameliorate hyper-partisan political polarization. As we weather this pandemic, social solidarity is crucial. And one way to shore up our solidarity is by taking a new perspective on polarization, which this video offers.