Gregory Bateson’s ‘Ecology of Mind’ – The Course
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Triarchy Press
Publishing:1st Sep '26
£22.50
This title is due to be published on 1st September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Gregory Bateson’s legendary UCSC lectures on “ecology of mind” are brought together in print for the first time in this unique volume.
Based on newly transcribed recordings from the 1970s, this book follows Bateson as he explores pattern, communication and relationship across biology, language, culture and politics. Moving between blackboard diagrams, classroom exercises and wide-ranging stories, he invites students to see life as a web of interconnected systems.
In these vivid, improvisational lectures, Gregory Bateson invites his students to look again at the patterns that make life possible – from the growth of plants and the development of embryos to the rituals of churches, classrooms and nation states. He treats grammar, evolution and everyday conversation as part of one unfolding study of “mind in nature”.
The book lets you sit in his classroom: listening as Bateson puzzles aloud, challenges his audience and slowly assembles a way of thinking that is equal to a complex, damaged world.
“This book is a rare gem that captures the extraordinary nature of Gregory Bateson’s mind in action. Teaching is an art, often only really seen when witnessing master teachers in action. These lectures provide that opportunity, as Q&As between Bateson and his students evolve into profound performances of communication and transformations of self-understanding.
For anyone who thinks human teachers are going to be made obsolete by AI, here is a book that suggests they have never really seen human teaching.”
Zak Stein, writer, futurist and educator
ISBN: 9781917251211
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
Weight: 600g
440 pages