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Our Own Metaphor

Our Own Metaphor( )
Author: Bateson, Mary Catherine
Series title:Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity and the Human Sciences Ser.
ISBN:978-1-57273-601-6
Publication Date:Aug 2004
Publisher:Hampton Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $27.50USD $27.50
Book Description:

An approach to the question of whether humans will ultimately destroy the environment on which they depend or prove capable of adaptation. The book suggests that any solution to the world's myriad problems must be grounded in an empathetic understanding of systems - from the ecology of nature to the loving interdependence of families.

Author Biography
Bateson, Mary Catherine (Author)
Mary Catherine Bateson is a writer and cultural anthropologist.

Bateson has written and co-authored many books and articles, and lectures across the country and abroad. She has taught at Harvard, Northeastern University, Amherst College, Spelman College and abroad in the Philippines and in Iran.

In 2004 she retired from her position as Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason University and is now Professor Emerita. She serves on multiple advisory boards including the National Center on Atmospheric Research and the NSF, dealing with climate change.

Mary Catherine Bateson's books in print include Composing a Life, Our Own Metaphor, and Peripheral Visions, as well as a memoir, With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. Her latest is Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom (Knopf September 2010).

Bateson divides her time between New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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