From one of the most far-reaching thinkers of the twentieth century...Bateson takes readers further along the intellectual pathways by which he
arrived at his now-famous synthesis. From mind/body relations to family relations, from the nature of art and poetry to the role of metaphor in the biological world, from the
nature of change and stability to the nature of the sacred. Bateson explores the natural history of the relationship between the explicit, implicit, and embodied ideas in the
world of living things. Along the way, he shows us how to unify our increasingly fragmented lives while he teaches us about love, elegance, clarity, and understanding. �
Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women-their motives, their moral commitments, the
course of their psychological growth, and their special view of what is importnat in life. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives.
Here, Gilligan attempts to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result reshapes our entire understanding of human experience.
Remaking Society
is a primer on Murray Bookchin�s pioneering and controversial ideas on nature and society. A major spokesperson for the ecology movement for over twenty years, Bookchin here uncovers the
roots of today�s global ecological crisis in the emergence of social hierarchy and domination. �
In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point,
Fritjof Capra juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now, in The Web of Life, he takes yet another giant step forward, offering a brilliant
synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, and chaos theory. 25 line drawings.
Abundant Earth Special Note: The Web of Life is quite possibly the most significant book to emerge in the last 25 years. We highly recommend this somewhat technical, yet
spiritually moving account of our place in the Universe.
