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Steps to an Ecology of Mind
- Author
- Gregory Bateson
- Narrator
- Mike Fraser
- Publisher
- Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
- Publish Date
- 19 August 2026
- Run Time
- 21 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A landmark work that broke new ground in anthropology, psychology, cybernetics, and more—and remains relevant today.
Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. In 1972, he published this career-spanning collection, and it has remained highly influential in multiple fields ever since. Ranging across anthropology, psychology and psychiatry, cybernetics, and much more, Bateson addresses culture, the self and the mind, addiction, the then-nascent field of computer science, and the very components of thought itself. This edition offers a new foreword by his daughter Mary Catherine Bateson reflecting on his career and thought, showing why this astonishing book continues to delight and inform readers, decades after its original publication.
This audiobook is expertly read and engineered by Mike Fraser. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
PLEASE NOTE: The audiobook includes a supplemental PDF. It will be provided on purchase.
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- Author
- Gregory Bateson
- Narrator
- Mike Fraser
- Duration
- 21 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9781648376160
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Synopsis
A landmark work that broke new ground in anthropology, psychology, cybernetics, and more—and remains relevant today.Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. In 1972, he published this career-spanning collection, and it has remained highly influential in multiple fields ever since. Ranging across anthropology, psychology and psychiatry, cybernetics, and much more, Bateson addresses culture, the self and the mind, addiction, the then-nascent field of computer science, and the very components of thought itself. This edition offers a new foreword by his daughter Mary Catherine Bateson reflecting on his career and thought, showing why this astonishing book continues to delight and inform readers, decades after its original publication.This audiobook is expertly read and engineered by Mike Fraser. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.PLEASE NOTE: The audiobook includes a supplemental PDF. It will be provided on purchase.
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