Jean Gebser

Jean Gebser (August 20, 1905 – May 14, 1973) was a prodigy, a student of the transformations of human consciousness, a linguist, and a poet.

Influence

His work has formed the basis of a number of other important studies, in particular Ken Wilber's Up from Eden, Rudolf Bahro's Logik der Rettung (translated into English as Avoiding Social and Ecological Disaster), Hugo Enomiya-Lasalle's Living in the New consciousness, Daniel Kealey's Revisioning Environmental Ethics, and Georg Feuerstein's Wholeness or Transcendence. See, "Modern/Postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism," (Praeger, 1997) which introduces a theory of comparative cultures and communication styles called the theory of Dimensional Accrual and Dissociation by Professor Eric Mark Kramer, inspired by Jean Gebser and Lewis Mumford. Also see, "Consciousness and Culture: An Introduction to the Thought of Jean Gebser" which is volume 101 in the Praeger series "Contributions to Sociology" (E.M. Kramer, Ed.). This volume contains several scholarly articles written expressely for it, covering many areas of research where Gebser's ideas are applied such as architecture, fine arts, anthropology, literature, political science, communication theory, mass communication, social movements, psychology, and philosophy. Additionally of interest are the various publications by the Jean Gebser Society which was founded in 1973, with annual meetings and refereed proceedings edited by Professor Mike Purdy, as well as a scholarly book series. The 34th Annual conference of the Jean Gebser Society will be held at Rice University, October 27-29, 2005.

Related Topics:
Ken Wilber - Rudolf Bahro - Hugo Enomiya-Lasalle - Daniel Kealey - Georg Feuerstein

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