Understanding Gregory Bateson

Understanding Gregory BatesonIntroduction to Gregory Bateson's unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world. Gregory Bateson (19041980), 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 Bateson's work, distilling and clarifying Bateson's understanding

While tolerance plays a critical role

Through theoretically informed readings of novels by Doris Lessing

The heuristic potential of the psychoanalytical theory of the symbol is used to explain the specific cosmogonic intentions underlying the genesis of myth

Challenges the widely-held idea that Africans are powerless in the creation of self-image

The wall paintings from the West House at Mycenae are discussed in relation to their context within the building

Menorahs and Minarets is the concluding part of Ruhayyim's compelling trilogy

The chapter outlines arguments associated with the economic value of the practices that underpin adherence to improved environmental management

With increasing concern for the environmental impacts associated with human activity

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classical reception and history

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these works offered reinterpretation of committed writing that helped set the stage for activist writers of the present