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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."2;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."2;Roger Keesing, "American Anthropologist" Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) was the author of "Naven" and "Mind and Nature." Gregory Bateson Was A Philosopher, Anthropologist, Photographer, Naturalist And Poet, As Well As The Husband And Collaborator Of Margaret Mead. This Anthology Of His Major Work Contains A Foreword By His Daughter Mary Catherine Bateson. Introduction: The Science Of Mind And Order -- Metalogues. Why Do Things Get In A Muddle? -- Why Do Frenchmen? -- About Games And Being Serious -- How Much Do You Know? -- Why Do Things Have Outlines? -- Why A Swan? -- What Is An Instinct? -- Form And Pattern In Anthropology. Culture Contact And Schismogenesis -- Experiments In Thinking About Observed Ethnological Material -- Morale And National Character -- Bali: The Value System Of A Steady State -- Style, Grace, And Information In Primitive Art -- Form And Pathology In Relationship. Social Planning And The Concept Of Deutero-learning -- A Theory Of Play And Fantasy -- Epidemiology Of A Schizophrenia -- Toward A Theory Of Schizophrenia -- The Group Dynamics Of Schizophrenia -- Minimal Requirements For A Theory Of Schizophrenia -- Double Bind, 1969 -- The Logical Categories Of Learning And Communication -- The Cybernetics Of Self: A Theory Of Alcoholism -- Biology And Evolution. On Empty-headedness Among Biologists And State Boards Of Education -- The Role Of Somatic Change In Evolution -- Problems In Cetacean And Other Mammalian Communication -- A Re-examination Of Bateson's Rule -- Epistemology And Ecology. Cybernetic Explanation -- Redundancy And Coding -- Conscious Purpose Versus Nature -- Effects Of Conscious Purpose On Human Adaptation -- Form, Substance And Difference -- Crisis In The Ecology Of Mind. From Versaille To Cybernetics -- Pathologies Of Epistemology -- The Roots Of Ecological Crisis -- Ecology And Flexibility In Urban Civilization. Gregory Bateson ; [with A New Foreword By Mary Catherine Bateson]. Originally Published: San Francisco : Chandler Pub. Co., 1972. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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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Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. This classic anthology of his major work includes a new Foreword by his daughter, Mary Katherine Bateson. 5 line drawings.