In 31 posthumously collected lectures and writings, anthropologist, systems thinker and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) addresses questions of ecology, mind, consciousness, linguistics, evolution, and communication. His masterly synthesis stresses the need to re-establish a ' sacred unity' between the human mind and the biosphere.
In 31 posthumously collected lectures and writings, anthropologist, systems thinker and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) addresses questions of ecology, mind, consciousness, linguistics, evolution, and communication. His masterly synthesis stresses the need to re-establish a ' sacred unity' between the human mind and the biosphere.