Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred EarthSUNY Press, 8 mei 2008 - 276 pagina's 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. |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction Gregory Bateson the Urgency of Our Ecological Crisis and the Possibility of Grace | 1 |
Bateson The Man and the Growth of His Ideas | 11 |
Mind and Batesons Claims The Living World is Organized by Minds | 31 |
The Evolution of Batesons Thought about Aesthetics The Earlier Years | 69 |
Aesthetics Ecology and the Path Toward Grace | 101 |
Aesthetic Engagement and the Grace of Relatedness | 137 |
Bateson and The Sacred | 159 |
Wise Action? | 209 |
Table of Lifetime Events and Publications | 225 |
Notes | 243 |
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Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth Noel G. Charlton Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2010 |
Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth Noel G. Charlton Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2008 |
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