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Chesed is correct. Wilber certainly does present a "grand unified theory" (though these days he's calling it an "Integral Operating System"). When I suggested he was considerably advanced compared to RAW, I was thinking specifically of RAW's psychospiritual material, such as that presented in Prometheus Rising or Quantum Psychology. RAW's model fits into a corner (literally--you'll see what I mean if you read Wilber) of Wilber's much more expansive and inclusive model. And even within that corner Wilber's draws considerably finer distinctions, discriminates more clearly, etc., particularly in his delineation of the transpersonal developmental stages (RAW's "extraterrestrial circuits/systems"). RAW said in PR that he expected his model to be replaced by a better one before too long; reading A Brief History of Everything back in 1998, I thought to myself, "here that better one is". Chesed is also correct that this particular book is light on examples, references, etc. But Wilber actually lays all of that out in overwhelming detail in other books should you feel like pursuing it after reading Brief History (voluminous endnotes and references make up about a third of the average Wilber book). Brief History, though, remains the most concise presentation of Wilber's overall model in a single book.
As for Kimura, having already gone on about Wilber for twenty minutes of my employer's time I'll just point you to an interview. |
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Wilber's summary of SD is online 