Steps to an Ecology of Mind

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book essay collection

Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.

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ecology of mind 3
Steps to an Ecology of Mind canonical 2
“Epistemology and Ecology” 1

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essay collection ⓘ
author Gregory Bateson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
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describedAs classic of cybernetics and communication theory ⓘ
seminal work in systems theory ⓘ
genre anthropology literature ⓘ
cybernetics literature ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
systems theory literature ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-226-03905-3 ⓘ
hasPart “A Theory of Play and Fantasy” ⓘ
“Bali: The Value System of a Steady State” ⓘ
“Conscious Purpose versus Nature” ⓘ
“Culture Contact and Schismogenesis” ⓘ
“Double Bind, 1969” ⓘ
“Form, Substance, and Difference” ⓘ
“Metalogue: About Games and Being Serious” ⓘ
“Metalogue: How Much Do You Know?” ⓘ
“Metalogue: What Is an Aesthetic Experience?” ⓘ
“Metalogue: What Is an Instinct?” ⓘ
“Metalogue: Why Do Frenchmen?” ⓘ
“Metalogue: Why Do Things Get in a Muddle?” ⓘ
“Metalogue: Why a Swan?” ⓘ
Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry ⓘ
surface form: “Minimal Requirements for a Theory of Schizophrenia”

“Morale and National Character” ⓘ
“Social Planning and the Concept of Deutero-Learning” ⓘ
“Style, Grace, and Information in Primitive Art” ⓘ
“The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism” ⓘ
“The Logical Categories of Learning and Communication” ⓘ
influenced communication studies ⓘ
ecological thought ⓘ
family therapy ⓘ
second-order cybernetics ⓘ
systems thinking ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject anthropology ⓘ
communication theory ⓘ
cybernetics ⓘ
double bind ⓘ
Steps to an Ecology of Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ecology of mind

epistemology ⓘ
learning theory ⓘ
metacommunication ⓘ
psychiatry ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
schizophrenia ⓘ
systems of interaction ⓘ
systems theory ⓘ
notableConcept double bind theory ⓘ
Steps to an Ecology of Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ecology of mind

levels of learning ⓘ
metacommunication ⓘ
numberOfParts 5 sections ⓘ
publicationYear 1972 ⓘ
publisher Ballantine Books ⓘ
Chandler Publishing Company ⓘ
section “Biology and Evolution” ⓘ
Steps to an Ecology of Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “Epistemology and Ecology”

“Form and Pathology in Relationship” ⓘ
“Form and Pattern in Anthropology” ⓘ
“Metalogues” ⓘ
structure collection of essays ⓘ

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