Robert A. McDermott
About
Robert McDermott, Ph.D., is president emeritus and chair of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His publications include Radhakrishnan (1970); The Essential Aurobindo (1974, 1987); The Essential Steiner (1984); (with Rudolf Steiner) The Bhagavad Gita and the West (2009); and The New Essential Steiner (2009). He has also published on William James, Josiah Royce, M. K. Gandhi, the evolution of consciousness, and American thought. His administrative service includes president of the New York Center for Anthroposophy; president of the Rudolf Steiner [summer] Institute; chair of the board of Sunbridge College (New York) and of Rudolf Steiner College (California). He was a member of the council of the Anthroposophical Society in America (1996–2004). He is the founding chair of the board of the Sophia Project, an anthroposophic home in Oakland, California, for mothers and children at risk of homelessness. He is a Lindisfarne fellow, a Fetzer mentor, and a member of the Esalen Corportion.
Author's Books
American Philosophy and Rudolf Steiner
Emerson – Thoreau – Peirce – James – Royce – Dewey – Whitehead – Feminism
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Edited by Robert A. McDermott
Foreword by Dan McKanan
Six Pillars
Introductions to the Works of Sri Aurobindo
The Spirit of Modern India
Writings in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture
The Essential Aurobindo
Writings of Sri Aurobindo
Human and Cosmic Thought Edition 2 Revised
(CW 151)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Translated by Charles Davy
Contributions by Frederick Amrine
Background to the Gospel of St. Mark Edition 2 Revised
(CW 124)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Translated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Contributions by Margot Amrine
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Maud B. Monges
Encountering Rudolf Steiner
Introductions to Essential Works
Preface by Christopher Bamford
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Foreword by William Michael Jensen
The Mysteries of Initiation
From Isis to the Holy Grail (CW 144)
Twelve Ways of Seeing the World
Philosophies and Archetypal Worldviews for Understanding Human Consciousness
Veda and Living Logos
Anthroposophy and Integral Yoga
Foreword by Rod Hemsell
Preface by Anand Mandaiker
Introduction by Debashish Banerji and Robert A. McDermott
Translated by Matthew Barton
Rhythms of Learning Edition 2 Revised
What Waldorf Education Offers Children, Parents & Teachers
Edited by Roberto Trostli
Foreword by Robert A. McDermott
Series edited by Robert A. McDermott
The New Essential Steiner
An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner for the 21st Century
The Bhagavad Gita and the West
The Esoteric Significance of the Bhagavad Gita and Its Relation to the Epistles of Paul (CW 142, 146)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Revised by Mado Spiegler
Translated by Lisa D. Monges, Doris Bugbey, George Adams, Mary Adams and Eknath Easwaran
According to Luke
The Gospel of Compassion and Love Revealed (CW 114)
Introduction by René M. Querido
Series edited by Robert A. McDermott
Translated by Catherine E. Creeger