Charlton Understanding Gregory Bateson

Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7827-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics

Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charlton, Noel G.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Sacred: A Poem

1. Introduction: Gregory Bateson, the Urgency of Our Ecological Crisis and the Possibility of “Grace”

2. Bateson: The Man and the Growth of His Ideas

3. Mind and Bateson’s Claims

4. The Evolution of Bateson’s Thought about Aesthetics: The Earlier Years

5. Aesthetics, Ecology, and the Path Toward Grace

6. Aesthetic Engagement and the Grace of Relatedness

7. Bateson and The Sacred

8. Wise Action?

Appendix
Gregory Bateson—Table of Lifetime Events and Publications
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Noel G. Charlton has enjoyed work in commerce and industry, school teaching, small holding and house restoration in Scotland, antinuclear activism, wild species preservation, residential community life, and research and study in university and college settings. These experiences have been unified by a deep concern for the natural world and a growing conviction of the spiritual and religious significance of the whole of the living planet.