Autor/Mitarbeiter:
Charlton, Noel G.
Verlagsort, Verlag, Jahr:
Albany,
State Univ. of New York Press,
2008
Umfang:
XVI, 276 S.
ISBN:
9780791474518
,
9780791474525
Schlagwörter:Bateson, Gregory SIGNATUR :
70/CI 6385 C481
SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
Information:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
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 Batson'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.