Gregory 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. "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, New York Review of Books "[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, American Anthropologist
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) was born and educated in the United Kingdom, and spent most of his professional life in the United States where he was lecturer and fellow of Kresge College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among other influential books he authored Naven and Mind and Nature.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0345273702I3N00
Seller: Approximations, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mass market paperback. Seventh printing, November 1978. Front cover hinge a bit weak. Light creases to rear corners. Dyed yellow text block edges. (xxvi)541pp. Seller Inventory # ABE-1721077493645
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0345273702
Seller: Cloud Runner Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Very Good. Note: Gently used with minor wear. Moderate yellowing of the page edge. Binding is in excellent condition. Pages clean and unmarked. All orders shipped securely in a bubble envelope or box/hard mailer. Seller Inventory # 00029301