A 13-Week Course in Big Picture Thinking for a Metamodern Planet
June 16th to Oct 5th, 2025
Join integral pioneer and meta-mind extraordinaire Sean Esbjörn-Hargens Ph.D. for a 13-week Big Picture course in exploring the most important and interesting integrative metatheories on the planet.
The 13 integrative metatheories showcased in this course are listed below in the order we will cover them.
- Introduction: Mark Edward’s Integrative Meta Studies
- Charles Johnston’s Creative Systems Theory
- Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory
- Edgar Morin’s Complex Thought
- Roy Bhaskar’s Critical Realism (metaReality)
- Paul Marshal’s Complex Integral Realism
- Metamodernism (Dutch & Nordic Schools)
- Gregg Henriques’ Unified Theory of Knowledge
- David J. Temple's Cosmoerotic Humanism
- Jason A. J. Strom’s Process Social Ontology& Metarealism
- Bobby Azarian’s Poetic Meta-Naturalism/Unifying Theory of Reality
- Sean Esbjörn-Hargens’ Exo Studies
- Wrap UP: Archdisciplinary Musings
Schedule for weekly live calls:
- Thursdays @ 8:00 – 9:00 PM
- Except for July 24th and September 11th and 25th
Second life call approximately every other week on:
- Tuesdays @ 1:00 – 2:00 PM
- Exact dates: 6/24, 7/8, 7/29, 8/12, 8/26, 9/16, 9/30
All times listed are in the US Eastern time zone (i.e. New York time).
All calls will be recorded and made available within 24h.
Community platform for offline conversation will be available prior and post live classes.
The course and community platform space will be opened on June 9th so that participants can begin to connect and review materials posted.
If you have any questions about the course, email [email protected].