Steve McIntosh, Author at Integral Life

Steve McIntosh

Steve McIntosh J.D. is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and author of the acclaimed books: The Presence of the Infinite—The Spiritual Experience of Beauty, Truth, & Goodness (Quest 2015), Evolution’s Purpose—An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins (SelectBooks 2012), and Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution—How the Integral Worldview Is Transforming Politics, Culture and Spirituality (Paragon House 2007).

He currently works as president and co-founder of the integral political think tank: The Institute for Cultural Evolution. McIntosh’s innovative political thinking has recently been featured on NPR, The Daily Beast, The National Journal, The Hill, and in a wide variety of other media. He is the author of numerous influential political articles including: Depolarizing the American Mind, and Why Centrism Fails and How We Can Better Achieve Political Cooperation.

In addition to his work in philosophy and politics, McIntosh has had a variety of other successful careers, including founding the consumer products company Now & Zen, practicing law with one of America’s largest firms, working as an executive with Celestial Seasonings Tea Company, and Olympic-class bicycle racing. He is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Southern California Business School, and now lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two sons.

Posts by Steve McIntosh

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Beyond the Culture War: Consciousness Evolves, Politics Can Too

Steve McIntosh, Roger Walsh and John Dupuy

Steve McIntosh, Roger Walsh and John DupuyApril 16, 2022Leave a Comment

Steve McIntosh outlines an extraordinary framework to make sense of our political conflicts—extraordinary in that it points to ways through and out of our persistent polarity consciousness. Steve convincingly argues our opportunity is right now: to create a synthesis, a cooperative agreement space, that transcends and includes thesis and antithesis, left and right, individual and community.

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The Roots of Integral Theory

Steve McIntosh and Jeff Salzman

Steve McIntosh and Jeff SalzmanMay 29, 2018Leave a Comment

Steve McIntosh takes us on a tour through his view of the origins of integral theory, starting with Georg Friedrich Hegel, who first explained the mechanisms of evolution in human history, and on through a stream of philosophers who unified the evolution of matter, consciousness and spirit.

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The Energetic Properties of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness

Steve McIntosh, Jeff Salzman and Corey deVos

Steve McIntosh, Jeff Salzman and Corey deVosNovember 29, 20172 Comments

Steve McIntosh joins us for an in-depth exploration into the energetic qualities of the three primary virtues of Goodness, Beauty, and Truth. Steve describes how these virtues can both enrich our cognitive understanding of the universe around us, while also deepening and reinvigorating our own ongoing spiritual practice.