Metapsychosis

Journal of Consciousness, Literature, and Art

Steps to an Ecology of Mind

Steps to an Ecology of Mind, by Gregory Bateson

Steps to an Ecology of Mind, by Gregory Bateson

The idea of an “Ecology of Mind” is as relevant and innovative today as when Gregory Bateson first proposed this – that mind and natural systems are intimately linked together and follow similar patterns. Some of the papers (the chapters are reproductions of earlier papers) in “Steps to an Ecology of Mind” include astonishingly original ideas that must be grappled with to fully understand, hence a group reading is a great way to work through this material.

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About the Author

Gregory Bateson

Gregory Bateson

Gregory Bateson was a powerhouse of a thinker—he pioneered work in evolutionary biology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, cybernetics and information theory, ecology, theology and philosophy and his ideas had far reaching impact among many other thinkers and writers.

Groups about Steps to an Ecology of Mind

Bateson Reading Group

Organizer: Metapsychosis
Start Date: January 10, 2019
End Date: May 30, 2019

We will be reading one of the 20th Century’s seminal works, the collection of essays by Gregory Bateson assembled in the book called Steps to an Ecology of Mind, and, as a counterpoint, essays and poems by his daughter Nora Bateson under the title Small Arcs of Larger Circles.

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