Understanding Gregory Bateson
Subtitle: mind, beauty, and the sacred earth
By: Noel G. Charlton.
Series: SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780791474518; 9780791474525
Subjects: Bateson, Gregory, -- 1904-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation; Human ecology -- Study and teaching; Human ecology -- Philosophy; Human ecology -- Religious aspects; Environmental ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Gregory Bateson : the urgency of our ecological crisis and the possibility of grace; title: Bateson : the man and the growth of his ideas; title: Mind and Bateson's claims : the living world is organized by minds; title: The evolution of Bateson's thought about aesthetics : the earlier years; title: Aesthetics, ecology and the path towards grace; title: Aesthetic engagement and the grace of relatedness; title: Bateson and the sacred; title: Wise action?