Steps to an Ecology of Mind
first publication date: 1972
genre: essay
original title: Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
original language: English
main subject: anthropology, epistemology, psychiatry, evolution
Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a collection of Gregory Bateson's short works over his long and varied career. Subject matter includes essays on anthropology, cybernetics, psychiatry, and epistemology. It was originally published by Chandler Publishing Company in 1972 (republished 2000 with foreword by Mary Catherine Bateson).The book begins with a series of metalogues, which take the form of conversations with his daughter Mary Catherine Bateson. The metalogues are mostly thought exercises with titles such as "What is an Instinct" and "How Much Do You Know." In the metalogues, the playful dialectic structure itself is closely related to the subject matter of the piece. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
4- date of publication: 2000ISBN-13: 978-0-226-03905-3
- date of publication: 1972ISBN-13: 978-0-345-33291-2
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