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Author:

Charlton, Noel G., 1932-

Title:

Understanding Gregory Bateson : mind, beauty, and the sacred earth / Noel G. Charlton.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology--Study and teaching.
Human ecology--Philosophy.
Human ecology--Religious aspects.
Environmental ethics.
Bateson, Gregory,--1904-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Gregory Bateson : the urgency of our ecological crisis and the possibility of grace -- Bateson : the man and the growth of his ideas -- Mind and Bateson's claims : the living world is organized by minds -- The evolution of Bateson's thought about aesthetics : the earlier years -- Aesthetics, ecology and the path towards grace -- Aesthetic engagement and the grace of relatedness -- Bateson and the sacred -- Wise action?

Series:

SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics

ISBN:

0791474526 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791474525 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0791474518 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780791474518 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007033407

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)