Anderson, Gordon L.
Gordon L. Anderson is the president of Paragon House Publishers, editor-in-chief of International Journal on World Peace, and an adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His articles and books include Philosophy of the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2004) and Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 (2009). Anderson is a trustee of the University of Bridgeport. He lives in Minnesota where he serves on the board of the Minnesota Legislative Evaluation Assembly, of which he was president for several years. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University.
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Communism’s Stage of Psychosocial Development
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 19, 2018 – Pages 71-100 Note: Portions of this article were published in International Journal on World Peace and are included with permission. One hundred years after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, communism continues to attract many young revolutionary idealists, but fails to produce the good and just societies they…
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Toward a Headwing Society: The Harmony of Three Social Spheres
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 73-112 Unificationists often refer to “headwing thought” when they talk about politics or political economy. Headwing is a term that was used frequently by Rev. Sun Myung Moon from 1986-1994 as the Soviet Union was in transition. When he used this term he was referring to…
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Headwing Philosophy and the Law of Nations
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 85-96 In the 1970s, as the Green Party organized, they adopted a slogan “Neither left, nor right, but in front.” It was a slogan of environmental activists and sought to promote certain neglected values in opposition to the values championed by the established political parties. Nevertheless,…
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American Democracy and the True Society
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 2, 1998 – Pages 95-122 This essay argues that the American system of government, with some reform, can provide a foundation for the “true society,” or the “Kingdom of Heaven on Earth” envisioned in the Divine Principle. While the basic principles enshrined in the American Constitution and the Bill of…