Understanding Gregory Bateson Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth |
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| Author:
| Charlton, Noel G. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4356-5856-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | State University of New York Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $74.50 |
Book Description:
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Gregory Bateson (1904 1980), anthropologist, psychologist, systems thinker, student of animal communication, and insightful environmentalist, was one of the most important holistic thinkers of the twentieth century. Noel G. Charlton offers this first truly accessible introduction to Bateson s work, distilling and clarifying Bateson s understanding of the mind or mental systems as being present throughout the living Earth, in systems and creatures of all kinds. Part biography, part...
More DescriptionGregory Bateson (1904 1980), anthropologist, psychologist, systems thinker, student of animal communication, and insightful environmentalist, was one of the most important holistic thinkers of the twentieth century. Noel G. Charlton offers this first truly accessible introduction to Bateson s work, distilling and clarifying Bateson s understanding of the mind or mental systems as being present throughout the living Earth, in systems and creatures of all kinds. Part biography, part overview of the evolution of his ideas, Charlton s book situates Bateson s thought in relation to that of other ecological thinkers. This long-awaited volume opens up this challenging thinker s body of work and introduces it to a new generation of readers.