Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology

by Gregory Bateson

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This landmark collection brings together Gregory Bateson’s influential essays on anthropology, psychiatry, evolution, communication, and the nature of knowledge. Connecting ideas across biology, culture, psychology, and systems theory, Bateson explores how patterns of relationship and feedback shape both individual experience and larger ecological systems. His interdisciplinary approach challenges conventional boundaries between the human mind and the natural world, offering a provocative framework for understanding learning, behavior, and change. Richly analytical and wide-ranging, the book remains essential reading for anyone interested in systems thinking, ecology, and the interconnectedness of life.

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hardcover

The University of Chicago Press

Published Jan 1, 2000

533 pages

ISBN: 9780226039053

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First Published

1972

Language

eng

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