Steps to an Ecology of Mind
STEPS TO AN ECOLOGY OF MIND
COLLECTED ESSAYS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, EVOLUTION, AND EPISTEMOLOGY
Gregory Bateson
Jason Aronson Inc. Northvale, New Jersey London
Balinese Painting ( Ida Bagus Djati Sura; Batuan, 1937 ) [Analysis, p. 147]
Copyright ® 1972, 1987 by Jason Aronson Inc. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Jason Aronson Inc. except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bateson, Gregory. Steps to an ecology of mind. (Chandler publications for health sciences) Reprint. Originally published: San Franciso : Chandler Pub. Co., 1972. With new pref. Collection of articles reprinted from various periodicals. “The published work of Gregory Bateson”: p. Includes index. 1. Anthropology, Cultural—Collected works. 2. Knowledge, Theory of—Collected works. 3. Psychiatry — Collected works. 4. Evolution — Collected works. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Anthropology, Cultural—collected works. 2. Ecology — collected works. Evolution — collected works. 4. Schizophrenic Psychology—collected works. 5. Thinking—collected works. GN 6 B329s 1972a] GN6.B3 1987 306 87-24133 ISBN 0-87668-950-0
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1971 PREFACE 1987 PREFACE FOREWORD INTRODUCTION
4
6 8 10 13
2
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7
Part I: Metalogues
Metaloque: Why Do Things Get in a Muddle?* Metalogue: Why Do Frenchmen?* Metalogue: About Games and Being Serious* Metalogue: How Much Do You Know?* Metalogue: Why Do Things Have Outlines?* Metalogue: Why a Swan?* Metaloque: What Is an Instinct?*
21
22 26 30 35 39 43 47
3
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
Part II: Form and Pattern in Anthropology
63
Culture Contact and Schismogenesis* 64 Experiments in Thinking about Observed Ethnological
COLLECTED ESSAYS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, EVOLUTION, AND EPISTEMOLOGY
Gregory Bateson
Jason Aronson Inc. Northvale, New Jersey London
Balinese Painting ( Ida Bagus Djati Sura; Batuan, 1937 ) [Analysis, p. 147]
Copyright ® 1972, 1987 by Jason Aronson Inc. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Jason Aronson Inc. except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bateson, Gregory. Steps to an ecology of mind. (Chandler publications for health sciences) Reprint. Originally published: San Franciso : Chandler Pub. Co., 1972. With new pref. Collection of articles reprinted from various periodicals. “The published work of Gregory Bateson”: p. Includes index. 1. Anthropology, Cultural—Collected works. 2. Knowledge, Theory of—Collected works. 3. Psychiatry — Collected works. 4. Evolution — Collected works. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Anthropology, Cultural—collected works. 2. Ecology — collected works. Evolution — collected works. 4. Schizophrenic Psychology—collected works. 5. Thinking—collected works. GN 6 B329s 1972a] GN6.B3 1987 306 87-24133 ISBN 0-87668-950-0
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1971 PREFACE 1987 PREFACE FOREWORD INTRODUCTION
4
6 8 10 13
2
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7
Part I: Metalogues
Metaloque: Why Do Things Get in a Muddle?* Metalogue: Why Do Frenchmen?* Metalogue: About Games and Being Serious* Metalogue: How Much Do You Know?* Metalogue: Why Do Things Have Outlines?* Metalogue: Why a Swan?* Metaloque: What Is an Instinct?*
21
22 26 30 35 39 43 47
3
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
Part II: Form and Pattern in Anthropology
63
Culture Contact and Schismogenesis* 64 Experiments in Thinking about Observed Ethnological