Mind and Nature

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Mind and Nature]
Bateson reveals "the pattern which connects" man and nature j and shows how we can preserve ourseJves and out planet. I
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This extraordinary book is Gregory Bateson's major philosophical I work—cosmic musings on the hidden dynamics of life that have | become a landmark in twentieth-century thought. Combining pio- | neering ideas of biology, anthropology and psychology, Bateson con- f structs a picture ofhow the world is joinedtogetherby a "metapattern" \ that underlies the apparent diversity of all tnings. He probes beyond | Western scientific "facts" and synthesizes a model of man and the » universe in which we can learn to "think as nature thinks" and regain J our place in the natural world. S
Bateson shows us how our process of deductive logic has led civili- § zation into a paradoxicai maze that is contrary to the natural order. He redefines "mind" and presents new, simple truths by which mind and nature operate and fit together in a single... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Mind and Nature]
Bateson reveals "the pattern which connects" man and nature j and shows how we can preserve ourseJves and out planet. I
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This extraordinary book is Gregory Bateson's major philosophical I work—cosmic musings on the hidden dynamics of life that have | become a landmark in twentieth-century thought. Combining pio- | neering ideas of biology, anthropology and psychology, Bateson con- f structs a picture ofhow the world is joinedtogetherby a "metapattern" \ that underlies the apparent diversity of all tnings. He probes beyond | Western scientific "facts" and synthesizes a model of man and the » universe in which we can learn to "think as nature thinks" and regain J our place in the natural world. S
Bateson shows us how our process of deductive logic has led civili- § zation into a paradoxicai maze that is contrary to the natural order. He redefines "mind" and presents new, simple truths by which mind and nature operate and fit together in a single biosphere—a basic unity that is essential to our continuing existence. Mind and Nature is a power-ful, brilliant vision of universal harmony.
Trained in anthropology, Bateson pursued his interest in pattern and communication in New Guinea and Bali, then conducted research in psychiatry, schizophrenia and later on dolphins. His other works include AngeJs Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred (coau-thored by Mary Catherine Bateson).
"An extraordinary testament, a summing-up by one of the most crea-tive investigators of our times What comes through most vividly in this outstanding book is the courage and drama of intellectual exploration." —The New York Times Book Beview Vissza