{"title":"Gregory Bateson","description":"\u003cp\u003eGregory Bateson's works explore the intricate connections between mind, nature, and culture, offering profound insights into the complexity of human thought and behaviour. His writings bridge \u003cstrong\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cem\u003epsychology\u003c\/em\u003e, inviting readers to consider the ecology of ideas and the patterns that shape existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking texts that challenge conventional perspectives, blending scientific inquiry with a poetic sense of understanding. Bateson's approach encourages a holistic view, emphasising the interplay between systems and the environment in which they operate.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind-by-gregory-bateson-9780226039053","title":"Steps to an Ecology of Mind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This collection amounts to a retrospective exhibition of a working life. . . . Bateson has come to this position during a career that carried him not only into anthropology, for which he was first trained, but into psychiatry, genetics, and communication theory. . . . He . . . examines the nature of the mind, seeing it not as a nebulous something, somehow lodged somewhere in the body of each man, but as a network of interactions relating the individual with his society and his species and with the universe at large.\" —D. W. Harding, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Bateson's] view of the world, of science, of culture, and of man is vast and challenging. His efforts at synthesis are tantalizingly and cryptically suggestive. . . .This is a book we should all read and ponder.\" —Roger Keesing, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteps to an Ecology of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to explore a rich tapestry of ideas that traverse diverse fields, reflective of Bateson's expansive and integrative vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428154294508,"sku":"9780226039053","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226039053.webp?v=1774468345"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gregory-bateson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}