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| ====== Gregory Bateson ====== | ====== Gregory Bateson ====== | ||
| - | Gregory Bateson was a British anthropologist, | + | Gregory Bateson[(Gregory_Bateson> |
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| + | “The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think” | ||
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| One of the key ideas in Bateson' | One of the key ideas in Bateson' | ||
| Bateson argued that mental health problems often arise when there is a breakdown in communication or interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. He believed that such breakdowns could be caused by a variety of factors, including miscommunication, | Bateson argued that mental health problems often arise when there is a breakdown in communication or interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. He believed that such breakdowns could be caused by a variety of factors, including miscommunication, | ||
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| + | “There is a quasi-scientific fable that if you | ||
| + | can get a frog to sit quietly in a saucepan of cold water, and if you then | ||
| + | raise the temperature of the water very slowly and smoothly so that there | ||
| + | is no moment marked to be the moment at which the frog should jump, | ||
| + | he will never jump. He will get boiled. Is the human species changing | ||
| + | its own environment with slowly increasing pollution and rotting its | ||
| + | mind with slowly deteriorating religion and education in such a saucepan? | ||
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| One of the key ways that Bateson believed we could improve mental health was by improving communication and interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. He argued that this could be done through a variety of means, including better education and training, improved social support and relationships, | One of the key ways that Bateson believed we could improve mental health was by improving communication and interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. He argued that this could be done through a variety of means, including better education and training, improved social support and relationships, | ||
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| ===== Steps to an Ecology of Mind ===== | ===== Steps to an Ecology of Mind ===== | ||
| - | "Steps to an Ecology of Mind" is a book written by Gregory Bateson, a British anthropologist, | + | "Steps to an Ecology of Mind"[( : |
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| + | title : Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, | ||
| + | published : 1972 | ||
| + | publisher : University of Chicago Press | ||
| + | isbn : 0-226-03905-6 | ||
| + | url : https:// | ||
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| + | “It takes two to know one.” | ||
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| In the book, Bateson argues that the mind is not an isolated entity, but rather is deeply interconnected with the social and environmental context in which it exists. He believes that mental health is closely tied to the ways in which individuals relate to and interact with one another and the world around them, and that mental health problems often arise when there is a breakdown in communication or interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. | In the book, Bateson argues that the mind is not an isolated entity, but rather is deeply interconnected with the social and environmental context in which it exists. He believes that mental health is closely tied to the ways in which individuals relate to and interact with one another and the world around them, and that mental health problems often arise when there is a breakdown in communication or interaction between individuals and their social and environmental context. | ||
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| ===== Double Binds ===== | ===== Double Binds ===== | ||
| - | Gregory Bateson was a British anthropologist, | + | Gregory Bateson was a British anthropologist, |
| + | in communication and its relationship to mental health disorders such as schizophrenia. | ||
| The double bind refers to a situation in which an individual receives conflicting or contradictory messages from different sources, and is unable to resolve the contradictions or inconsistencies between them. This can lead to a sense of confusion and uncertainty, | The double bind refers to a situation in which an individual receives conflicting or contradictory messages from different sources, and is unable to resolve the contradictions or inconsistencies between them. This can lead to a sense of confusion and uncertainty, | ||
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