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

The writer gives good information (this subject is not for the faint of hearts).But the information is somehow "coded" - not said directly and you need to infer it from the text which really sucks, I actually need to do a lot of thinking in this book that seems that the author already knows but forgot that you are the reader do not know it.For example, the author gives a very simple learning example and then a very complex conclusion from this example. So I didn't understand how the conclusion is related to this simple example. Only after I did on paper 4 stages of the example and made it complex, only then I could see how the conclusion represents this example.

Actually this is a collection of essays spanning Bateson's career, but still his magnum opus. Here you will find the details of the Double-Bind that first appeared in medical journals which you won't want to track down. And a whole lot of other widely ranging, though-provoking gems of genius. The Metalogues with his young daughter Mary Catherine are brilliant. She was so impacted by these that she became a genius in her own right, and wrote another of my favorite books "Our Own Metaphor". In addition, my large paperback was in like-new condition so thanks!

This collection of essays maps the intellectual biography of one of Anglo-America's brighter stars of the second half of the 20th century. An anthropologist, psychiatrist, cyberneticist, and epistemologist, (to name only the primary traditional disciplines informing Bateson's mind), the thinking is crisp, direct, demanding, and about as good an introduction to the later works as we might expect. The Theory of the Double Bind in invaluable, and its history began with Bateson and his research colleagues. This book is a must for one who wishes to grasp the early convergences of the social sciences, the natural sciences, cybernetics, and analytical philosophy into what has become, arguably, the most forceful and relentless body of thought guiding the more promising of late modern social theory's innovations as well as climatology and ecological sciences.

This came earlier than expected! Plus it was in such good condition. Such a great book on epistemology of cybernetics!

Thanks to the multidisciplinary background of Gregory Bateson, his work invites us to see with "other eyes" issues regarding learning, evolution, culture, ..., ourselves and the whole of Creation.

These collected essays are a useful path into the deep thinking of Bateson. Biological sciences have certainly expanded on and outgrown many of his ideas, yet this book still provides value from an historical perspective of fundamental challenges of biology of mind.

Overly complicated book that takes too long to get to the point but...its a collection of essays....so.... Just read the summary.

One of the great Thinkers of the 20th century. A must read for anyone who seeks to understand the nature of the universe as perceived by the senses and interpret by the mind.

The book came to Mexico in excellent conditions

This is not the original book. Amazon produces its own print-on-demand copies without stating this in the description. Cheap paper that's too white, too thin and bleeding through.

A MUST READ FOR ALL NLP ENTHUSIASTS

La complessità e profondità del pensiero di Bateson sono ben catturato da questa raccolta di saggi, uno dei libri più letti dell'antropologo americano. Bateson era un anticipatore, un visionario lucido, uno studioso incapace di resistere ai limiti disciplinari, ai quali non assegnava alcun significato.Le piste che ci ha lasciato sono molte, ciascuna di esse spesso capace di aprire sentieri innovatori in diversi campi del sapere. Si pensi, ad esempio, al concetto di "doppio legame", che, estrapolato dal suo originario contesto (l'interpretazione della schizofrenia e la sua terapia) può fornire una chiave di lettura suggestiva della comunicazione di massa. Basta sostituire la madre con la TV (o un altro mezzo di comunicazione di massa) e il bimbo schizofrenico con lo spettatore. Il corollario sarebbe la grande somiglianza fra la situazione dello schizofrenico e quella dello spettatore nella società dello spettacolo...Non tutti i saggi sono ugualmente poderosi e/o chiari. Del resto, è una raccolta e non si può pretendere la perfezione e l'unità assolute. Si dovrebbe invece leggere questi saggi "a bocconi", a seconda dell'interesse del momento. E, soprattutto, rileggerli: avranno ogni volta qualcosa di nuovo da dire.

L’éditeur n’a fait aucun effort pour créer une vraie version digitale, même pas indexée le contenu. Bon courage pour trouver quoique ce soit dans ce livre.