Regarding nomenclature, for simplicity I use numbered stages and names for phase shifts in cultural evolution rather than letters, colors, or levels. In contrast, Haidt’s view is from one of three one-story buildings spread across a flat cultural landscape. Haidt focuses on individuals or social systems that are centered on subcultures at “conservative,” which I refer to in the SDi conceptualization as Traditional Stage 4, and “liberal,” which I identify as Communitarian Stage 6.īut, I situate these two subcultures in a more inclusive theory, the meta-framework of Integral Systems Stage 7, which Beck and Cowan label “Flex-Flow.” Metaphorically, it is as though I am looking from the 7 th floor of an eight-story building. This is a book about morality, one aspect of culture. His personal “journey” is in itself a revealing example of SDi development at the individual scale. I propose to illustrate how the book deepens our understanding of SDi and to raise some of the questions it provokes for those of us in the SDi community. I want to demonstrate how SDi is a useful frame for understanding Haidt’s results. If not, Appendices A and B provide the uninitiated a brief summary of the eight stages of cultural evolution and some of the relevant dynamics. I presume that the reader is familiar with Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi). While I discuss Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi) related themes in the book, I do not summarize all of its contents. He states the goal he hoped to achieve with his book as follows: “My goal is to change the way a diverse group of readers-liberal and conservative, secular and religious-think about morality, politics, religion, and each other.” He wants to change their thinking, i.e. Haidt knows how to engage the “elephant” in the reader by use of metaphor, story, and analogy he certainly was successful with me. This journey is an engaging way to do the expected academic “literature review.” I also prefer it to the approach used by David Brooks in The Social Animal who threads scientific findings onto the life stories of fictitious characters. Haidt breaks the “third wall” and relates his own personal journey of developing awareness and understanding.
The Righteous Mind is clear, accessible, and interesting.
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