Understanding Gregory Bateson

Understanding Gregory Bateson
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780791478271
ISBN-13 : 0791478270
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Book Synopsis Understanding Gregory Bateson by : Noel G. Charlton

Download or read book Understanding Gregory Bateson written by Noel G. Charlton and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.


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