A Recursive Vision: Ecological Understanding and Gregory Bateson

by Peter Harries-Jones

Gregory Bateson was one of the most original social scientists of this century. He is widely known as author of key ideas used in family therapy - including the well-known condition called 'double bind'. He was also one of the most influential figures in cultural anthropology. In the decade before his death in 1980 Bateson turned toward a consideration of ecology. Standard ecology concentrates on an ecosystem's biomass and on energy budgets supporting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802075916
• ISBN13: 9780802075918
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher