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Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology 1st Edition

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Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers.

"This collection amounts to a retrospective exhibition of a working life. . . . Bateson has come to this position during a career that carried him not only into anthropology, for which he was first trained, but into psychiatry, genetics, and communication theory. . . . He . . . examines the nature of the mind, seeing it not as a nebulous something, somehow lodged somewhere in the body of each man, but as a network of interactions relating the individual with his society and his species and with the universe at large."—D. W. Harding, New York Review of Books

"[Bateson's] view of the world, of science, of culture, and of man is vast and challenging. His efforts at synthesis are tantalizingly and cryptically suggestive. . . .This is a book we should all read and ponder."—Roger Keesing, American Anthropologist

 
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    March 10, 2000
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Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) was born and educated in the United Kingdom, and spent most of his professional life in the United States where he was lecturer and fellow of Kresge College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among other influentital books he authored Naven and Mind and Nature.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (March 10, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 533 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226039056
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226039053
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.42 x 5.54 x 1.2 inches
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Wilbur
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book by one of the best minds of the western world.
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021
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Actually this is a collection of essays spanning Bateson's career, but still his magnum opus. Here you will find the details of the Double-Bind that first appeared in medical journals which you won't want to track down. And a whole lot of other widely ranging, though-provoking gems of genius. The Metalogues with his young daughter Mary Catherine are brilliant. She was so impacted by these that she became a genius in her own right, and wrote another of my favorite books "Our Own Metaphor". In addition, my large paperback was in like-new condition so thanks!
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Walter J. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars tough intellectual love for those of us who least want it
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This collection of essays maps the intellectual biography of one of Anglo-America's brighter stars of the second half of the 20th century. An anthropologist, psychiatrist, cyberneticist, and epistemologist, (to name only the primary traditional disciplines informing Bateson's mind), the thinking is crisp, direct, demanding, and about as good an introduction to the later works as we might expect. The Theory of the Double Bind in invaluable, and its history began with Bateson and his research colleagues. This book is a must for one who wishes to grasp the early convergences of the social sciences, the natural sciences, cybernetics, and analytical philosophy into what has become, arguably, the most forceful and relentless body of thought guiding the more promising of late modern social theory's innovations as well as climatology and ecological sciences.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019
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This came earlier than expected! Plus it was in such good condition. Such a great book on epistemology of cybernetics!
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Mario Runciman
5.0 out of 5 stars This work invites us to see with "other eyes" the living universe
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018
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Thanks to the multidisciplinary background of Gregory Bateson, his work invites us to see with "other eyes" issues regarding learning, evolution, culture, ..., ourselves and the whole of Creation.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Content is good - but this is hard read
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023
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The writer gives good information (this subject is not for the faint of hearts).

But the information is somehow "coded" - not said directly and you need to infer it from the text which really sucks, I actually need to do a lot of thinking in this book that seems that the author already knows but forgot that you are the reader do not know it.

For example, the author gives a very simple learning example and then a very complex conclusion from this example. So I didn't understand how the conclusion is related to this simple example. Only after I did on paper 4 stages of the example and made it complex, only then I could see how the conclusion represents this example.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great Thinkers of the 20th century
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2015
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One of the great Thinkers of the 20th century. A must read for anyone who seeks to understand the nature of the universe as perceived by the senses and interpret by the mind.
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emory L alberson
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017
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Overly complicated book that takes too long to get to the point but...its a collection of essays....so.... Just read the summary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book by a brilliant and honest thinker
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016
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Brilliant book by a brilliant and honest thinker. A must read for anyone that wants a better understanding of the mind.
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Mariana Quiroz
5.0 out of 5 stars Good purchase
Reviewed in Mexico on May 8, 2022
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Alexander White
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2023
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I can't believe this is not more widely referenced. Real joy to read. Definitely recommend reading Paul Watzlawick (Start with change then pragmatics) after this.
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Manjiri Latey
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most profound pieces of work
Reviewed in India on August 10, 2023
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This book is one of the most profound pieces of work written. The sheer depth and perspectives of concepts presented by Bateson is just pure genius. TOTALLY worth having in the home library of every person to wishes to build an wider understanding of life and the labyrinth of interconnectedness around us.
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lurax80
5.0 out of 5 stars Un punto di partenza irrinunciabile
Reviewed in Italy on April 6, 2013
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La complessità e profondità del pensiero di Bateson sono ben catturato da questa raccolta di saggi, uno dei libri più letti dell'antropologo americano. Bateson era un anticipatore, un visionario lucido, uno studioso incapace di resistere ai limiti disciplinari, ai quali non assegnava alcun significato.

Le piste che ci ha lasciato sono molte, ciascuna di esse spesso capace di aprire sentieri innovatori in diversi campi del sapere. Si pensi, ad esempio, al concetto di "doppio legame", che, estrapolato dal suo originario contesto (l'interpretazione della schizofrenia e la sua terapia) può fornire una chiave di lettura suggestiva della comunicazione di massa. Basta sostituire la madre con la TV (o un altro mezzo di comunicazione di massa) e il bimbo schizofrenico con lo spettatore. Il corollario sarebbe la grande somiglianza fra la situazione dello schizofrenico e quella dello spettatore nella società dello spettacolo...

Non tutti i saggi sono ugualmente poderosi e/o chiari. Del resto, è una raccolta e non si può pretendere la perfezione e l'unità assolute. Si dovrebbe invece leggere questi saggi "a bocconi", a seconda dell'interesse del momento. E, soprattutto, rileggerli: avranno ogni volta qualcosa di nuovo da dire.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Version Kindle pas formaté
Reviewed in France on March 9, 2023
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L’éditeur n’a fait aucun effort pour créer une vraie version digitale, même pas indexée le contenu. Bon courage pour trouver quoique ce soit dans ce livre.
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