Ele passou a última década de sua vida desenvolvendo uma "meta-ciência" da epistemologia, a fim de reunir as várias formas primitivas de teoria de sistemas desenvolvidas em diferentes campos da ciência. Seus escritos incluem Passos para uma Ecologia da Mente (1972) e Mente e Natureza (1979).
O interesse de Bateson na teoria dos sistemas e na cibernética constitui o fio condutor de seu trabalho. Bateson esteve interessado na relação desses campos com a epistemologia. Sua associação com o editor e autor Stewart Brand ajudou a ampliar sua influência. Desde a década de 70 o interesse pelos estudos de Bateson vem crescendo.
Nova Guiné e Ilha de Bali
Gregory Bateson estudou zoologia em Londres e biologia em Cambridge. Combinou estes dois campos de estudos em suas primeiras experiências antropológicas de trabalho de campo com os nativos da Nova Guiné e da Ilha de Bali. A partir da Nova Guiné, escreveu o livro Naven: a Survey of the Problems Suggestes by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe Drawn from Three Points of View (1936). A partir de Bali (de março de 1936 até 1939), e junto com Margaret Mead, resultou o livro Balinese Character - A Photographic Analysis, que tornou-se mítico por estar à frente de seu tempo. À época de sua publicação, ainda não se discutiam amplamente as questões epistemológicas e heurísticas envolvendo os diferentes suportes comunicacionais – verbais (fala, escrita) e visuais (desenhos, pinturas) – e como eles poderiam atuar de forma complementar, respeitando suas singularidades sígnicas.
Já neste momento de sua obra, Bateson esboçava aspectos do que viria a ser o cerne de sua obra - a comunicação. Analisando antropologicamente aspectos culturais desta tribo, Bateson observou dois tipos de relações que determinariam as dinâmicas sociais: relações simétricas e relações complementares.
As relações simétricas seriam aquelas nas quais os grupos ou indivíduos comunicantes compartilham anseios, aspirações, expectativas e modelos comuns e, por este motivo, colocam-se em posições antagônicas, buscando então, formas simétricas de relação.
Já as relações complementares seriam constituídas quando as aspirações dos grupos ou indivíduos comunicantes são fundamentalmente diferentes, e, portanto, a submissão de uns constitui uma resposta à dominação de outros. Para Bateson, tanto as relações simétricas quanto as complementares precisam ser trabalhadas socialmente para evitar a cismogênese.
Nos Estados Unidos, Califórnia, Bateson uniu-se ao grupo da chamada Escola de Palo Alto (conhecida como o Colégio Invisível) e ao Mental Research Institute (MRI). A partir desta experiência, foi publicado em 1981 o livro La Nouvelle Communication, com várias reedições desde então. Na primeira parte, é feita uma apresentação geral e histórica da eclosão da Escola de Palo Alto, descrevendo seus componentes e sintetizando os principais empreendimentos. Na segunda parte do livro, Yves Winkin oferece, para cada dos integrantes do Colégio Invisível, um texto representativo do pensamento de cada um dos autores, seguido de uma entrevista com eles - Bateson, Ray L. Birdwhistell, Erving Goffman, Edward T. Hall, Donald deAvila Jackson, Albert E. Scheflen, Stuart Sigman e Paul Watzlawick, todos antropólogos ou psiquiatras.
Bateson dedicou especial atenção às relações entre a esquizofrenia e os padrões de comunicação, que originou a Teoria do Duplo Vínculo (Double Bind). Em suas pesquisas sobre as interações humanas, a partir da investigação das formas animais de comunicação, como em estudos de caráter ecológico e etnográfico, sua preocupação era sempre epistemológica. Uma discussão aprofundada deste conceito pode ser encontrada no livro A pragmática da comunicação humana, de Paul Watzlawick, Janet Helmick Beavin e Don D. Jackson – colegas de Bateson na Escola de Palo Alto.
Enquadramento (Framing)
Após dedicar-se ao estudo da esquizofrenia e das relações estabelecidas no contexto psicoterápico, Bateson passou a focar-se na comunicação, propondo em 1954 o conceito de *enquadramento* (framing). Essa ideia foi introduzida no artigo A Theory of Play and Fantasy, apresentado durante o encontro da Associação Americana de Psiquiatria. No texto, Bateson buscou explicar como as interações humanas se ancoram em quadros de sentido que moldam a interpretação e a ação dos indivíduos envolvidos na comunicação.
Bateson distinguiu três níveis dentro da comunicação verbal: o nível denotativo, que se refere ao conteúdo literal de uma mensagem; o nível metalinguístico, que trata da forma como a linguagem pode ser ressignificada; e o nível metacomunicativo, que diz respeito aos elementos que definem a relação entre os falantes.
Para ilustrar a noção de enquadramento, Bateson observou o comportamento de animais em um zoológico de São Francisco. Em uma de suas análises, descreveu dois macacos brincando. Apesar de os movimentos se assemelharem a uma luta, os animais conseguiam distinguir que se tratava apenas de uma brincadeira. Isso era possível graças à metacomunicação, que fornecia sinais indicando um contexto lúdico. Essa capacidade de diferenciar brincadeira e confronto real exemplifica como o enquadramento define o significado das ações dentro de uma situação específica.
O enquadramento, portanto, funciona como um sistema de pistas contextuais que orienta os participantes de uma interação sobre o que está ocorrendo. Segundo Bateson, todo enquadramento é, por natureza, metacomunicativo — ele informa aos envolvidos o tipo e a natureza da relação que está em curso, permitindo que interpretem adequadamente o sentido das mensagens trocadas.
Livros em destaque
No conjunto de sua obra, alguns dos livros mais importantes são:
Naven: A Survey Of The Problems Suggestes By A Composite Picture Of The Culture Of A New Guinea Tribe Drawn From Three Points Of View (1936) - Obra considerada um elo entre a antropologia e a cibernética.
Balinese Character, A Photographic Analysis (1942), publicado pela New York Academy of Sciences.
Mind And Nature, A Necessary Unity (1979), escrito um ano antes de seu falecimento e publicado no Brasil com o título Mente e Natureza pela editora Francisco Alves/RJ (1986). Neste livro encontra-se uma das mais notáveis ideias produzidas pelo pensamento batesoniano, que é a definição de informação: "informação é a diferença que faz diferença".
Angels Fear: Towards An Epistemology Of The Sacred (1988), publicação póstuma e co-escrito por sua filha Mary Catherine Bateson.
A Sacred Unity, Further Steps To An Ecology Of Mind (1991), publicação póstuma na Espanha com o título Una Unidad Sagrada, Pasos Ulteriores Hacia una Ecología de la Mente pela Editorial Gedisa/Barcelona (1993) - Livro póstumo organizado pelo seu aluno Rodney Donaldson, em Seattle/Washington/EUA.
Bateson, G. (2000). Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: University of Chicago Press. ISBN9780226039053
Bateson, G.; Mead, M. (1985). Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis. Col: Special Publications of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2. [S.l.]: New York Academy of Sciences. ISBN9780890727805
Hall, Robert A.; Bateson, G.; Mead, Margaret; Kaberry, Phyllis M.; Reed, Stephen W.; Whiting, John W.M. (1943). Melanesian Pidgin English: Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary. Col: Special Publications of the Linguistic Society of America. [S.l.]: Linguistic Society of America at the Waverly Press, Inc
Hall, Robert A.; Bateson, G.; Whiting, John W.M.; Linguistic Society of America; United States Armed Forces Institute (1943). Melanesian Pidgin English, Short Grammar and Vocabulary: With Grammatical Introduction. Col: Special Publications of the Linguistic Society of America. [S.l.]: Linguistic Society of America at the Waverly Press, Inc
Perceval, John (1974). Bateson, G., ed. Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832. [S.l.]: Stanford University Press
Bateson, M.C. (2001) [1984]. With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: HarperCollins
Bateson, M.C. (2004) [1972]. Our Own Metaphor: A Personal Account of a Conference on the Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation. [S.l.]: Hampton Press
Bertrando, Paolo; Bianciardi, Marco, eds. (2009). La natura sistemica dell'uomo: attualità del pensiero di Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: R. Cortina. ISBN9788860302748
Bowers, C.A. (2011). Perspectives on the Ideas of Gregory Bateson, Ecological Intelligence, and Educational Reforms. [S.l.]: Eco-Justice Press. ISBN9780966037005
Charlton, N.G. (2008). Understanding Gregory Bateson: Mind, Beauty, and the Sacred Earth. [S.l.]: State University of New York Press
Deriu, Marco (2000). Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: Bruno Mondadori. ISBN9788842494065
Flemons, D.G. (2001). Completing Distinctions: Interweaving the Ideas of Gregory Bateson and Taoism into a Unique Approach to Therapy. [S.l.]: Shambala Publications
Geertz, H. (1994). Images of Power: Balinese Paintings Made for Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. [S.l.]: University of Hawaii Press
Greppi, Alessandra (1993). Giochi con carte truccate: La tautologia in Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: A. Pellicani
Jaworska-Witkowska, M.; Witkowski, L., eds. (2016). Humanistyczne wyzwania ekologii umysłu: Gregory Bateson w Polsce. [S.l.]: Fundacja na rzecz myślenia im
Keeney, Bradford (1983). Aesthetics of Change. [S.l.]: Guilford Press. ISBN0898620430
Kessel, Ralph (1971). Logic and Social Structure: A critical revaluation of Bateson's Naven: the Iatmul tribe of New Guinea. [S.l.]: University of Northern Colorado Museum of Anthropology. LCCN80500428
Kirschenbaum, H.; Henderson, V.L., eds. (1989). Carl Rogers: Dialogues: Conversations with Martin Buber, Paul Tillich, B.F. Skinner, Gregory Bateson, Michael Polanyi, Rollo May, and Others. [S.l.]: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Lipset, D. (1982). Gregory Bateson: The Legacy of a Scientist. [S.l.]: Beacon Press
Manghi, Sergio (1994). Attraverso Bateson: Ecologia della mente e relazioni sociali. [S.l.]: Anabasi. ISBN8841750200
Possamai, Tiziano (2009). Dove il pensiero esita. Gregory Bateson e il doppio vincolo. Edizioni Ombre Corte.
Possamai, Tiziano (2022). Where Thought Hesitates. Gregory Bateson and the Double Bind. Mimesis International.
Rieber, R.W., ed. (1989). The Individual, Communication, and Society: Essays in Memory of Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: Cambridge University Press
Sullivan, G. (1999). Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and Highland Bali: Fieldwork Photographs of Bayung Gede, 1936-1939. [S.l.]: University of Chicago Press
Van Den Eede, Y. (2019). The Beauty of Detours: A Batesonian Philosophy of Technology. [S.l.]: SUNY Press. ISBN9781438477114. LCCN2019011364
Watras, Joseph (2015). Philosophies of environmental education and democracy: Harris, Dewey, and Bateson on human freedoms in nature. [S.l.]: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN9781137484208. LCCN2015490488
Wilder-Mott, C.; Weakland, J.H., eds. (1981). Rigor and Imagination: Essays From the Legacy of Gregory Bateson. [S.l.]: Praeger Publishing
Winkin, Yves, ed. (1981). La nouvelle communication. [S.l.]: Seuil
Winkin, Yves, ed. (1988). Bateson: Premier état d'un héritage: Colloque de Cerisy. [S.l.]: Seuil
Zoletto, Davide (2001). Pensiero e scrittura del doppio legame: a partire da Bateson. [S.l.]: Edizioni Università di Trieste. ISBN888303077X. LCCN2002450975
Bateson, G. (1932). «Social Structure of the Iatmül People of the Sepik River, Parts I-II». Oceania. 2 (3): 245–291. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1932.tb00029.x
Bateson, G. (1934). «Field Work in Social Psychology in New Guinea». Congrès International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques: Compte-rendu de la première Session, Londres. Institut royal d'anthropologie. 153páginas
Bateson, G. (1934). «Ritual Transvesticism on the Sepik River, New Guinea». Congrès International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques: Compte-rendu de la première Session, Londres. Institut royal d'anthropologie. pp.274–275
Bateson, G. (1934). «The Segmentation of Society». Congrès International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques: Compte-rendu de la première Session, Londres. Institut royal d'anthropologie. 187páginas
Bateson, G. (1934). «130. Personal Names among the Iatmul Tribe (Sepik River)». Man. 34: 109–110. JSTOR2790916. doi:10.2307/2790916
Bateson, G. (1934). «Psychology and War: Tendencies of Early Man». The Times. 12páginas
Bateson, G. (1935). «Music in New Guinea». The Eagle. 48 (214): 158–170
Bateson, G. (1936). «41. Review of "Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol 1: General Ethnography" by A.C. Haddon». Man. 36: 35–36. JSTOR2791202
Bateson, G. (1936). «47. Culture Contact and Schismogenesis (Cf. Man, 1935, 199)». Man. 36. 38páginas. JSTOR2791208
Bateson, G. (1936). «116. A Carved Wooden Statuette from the Sepik River, New Guinea (cf. Man, 935, 161)». Man. 36. 88páginas. JSTOR2789904
Bateson, G. (1937). «An Old Temple and a New Myth». Djawa. 17 (5–6): 291–307
Bateson, G. (1941). Age Conflicts and Radical Youth. Institute for Intercultral Studies
Bateson, G. (1941). «Experiments in Thinking about Observed Ethnological Material». Philosophy of Science. 8 (1): 53–68. JSTOR184365. doi:10.1086/286669
Bateson, G. (1941). «Review of Conditioning and Learning by Ernest R. Hilgard and Donald G. Marquis». American Anthropologist. New Series. 43 (1): 115–116. JSTOR663007. doi:10.1525/aa.1941.43.1.02a00270
Bateson, G. (1941). «Review of Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning: a Study in Scientific Methodology by Clark L. Hull, Carl I Hovland, Robert T. Ross, Marshall Hall, Donald T. Perkins & Frederic B. Fitch». American Anthropologist. New Series. 43 (1): 116–118. JSTOR663008. doi:10.1525/aa.1941.43.1.02a00280
Bateson, G. (1942). «Announcement: Council on Human Relations (15 West 77th Street, New York City)». Applied Anthropology. 1 (2): 66–67. JSTOR44135385
Bateson, G. (1942). «Comment on "The Comparative Study of Culture and the Purposive Cultivation of Democratic Values" by Margaret Mead». In: Bryson, Lyman; Finkelstein, Louis. Science, Philosophy, and Religion: Second Symposium. Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life. New York: Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc. pp.81–97
Bateson, G. (1942). «Morale and National Character». In: Watson, Goodwin. Civilian Morale: Second Yearbook of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co. (for Reynal & Hitchcock, New York). pp.71–91
Bateson, G. (1942). «Some Systematic Approaches to the Study of Culture and Personality». Character and Personality. 11 (1): 76–82. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1942.tb01919.x
Bateson, G. (1943). An Analysis of the film "Hitlerjunge Quex" (1933). [S.l.: s.n.]
Bateson, G. (1943). «Human Dignity and the Varieties of Civilization». In: Bryson, Lymon; Finkelstein, Louis. Science, Philosophy and Religion: Third Symposium. Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life. pp.245–255
Bateson, G. (1943). «Cultural and Thematic Analysis of Fictional Films». Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2. 5 (4): 72–78. doi:10.1111/j.2164-0947.1943.tb00868.x
Bateson, G. (1943). «Discussion: The Science of Decency». Philosophy of Science. 10 (2): 140–142. JSTOR184297. doi:10.1086/286802
Bateson, G. (1943). «Remarks in "Psychology—In the War and After, Part II: Comments on General Course in Psychology" by Louise Omwake». Junior College Journal. 14 (1). 20páginas
Bateson, G. (1944). «Cultural Determinants of Personality». In: Hunt, JMV. Personality and Behavior Disorders: A Handbook Based on Experimental and Clinical Research. 2. [S.l.]: The Ronald Press Company. pp.714–735
Bateson, G. (1946). «Discussion (of "Some Relationships Between Maturation and Acculturation," by Arnold Gesell; "Cultural Patterning of Maturation in Selected Primitive Societies," by Margaret Mead; and "Environment vs. Race—Environment as an Etiological Factor in Psychiatric Disturbances in Infancy," by Renfe A. Spitz and Kathe M. Wolf)». The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 103 (5): 521–522
Bateson, G. (8 de dezembro de 1946). «Protecting the Future: Aiding the Work of Scientists Is Believed Best Safeguard». The New York Times. pp.10–
Bateson, G. (1946). «Review of Man, Morals and Society, by John Carl Flugel». Psychosomatic Medicine. 8 (5): 363–364. doi:10.1097/00006842-194609000-00012
Bateson, G. (1947). «Atoms, Nations, and Cultures». International House Quarterly. 11 (2): 47–50
Bateson, G. (1947). «Comments on "In Quest of an Heuristic Approach to the Study of Mankind" by Laura Thompson». In: Bryson, Lymon; Finkelstein, Louis; MacIver, R.M. Approaches to Group Understanding: Sixth Symposium. Sixth Symposium of the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion. Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc. pp.510–512–513
Bateson, G. (1949). «Panelist comments in "An Open Forum on the Exhibition of Illusionism and Trompe L'Oeil"». Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. 7 (3–4): 14–35
Bateson, G. (8 de novembro de 1949). «Remarks in "Modern Art Argument" (Report on the Western Round Table on Modern Art, April 8-10, 1949, San Francisco)». Look. 13 (23). pp.80–83
Bateson, G. (1950). «Conference remarks». In: von Foerster, H. Cybernetics: Circular Causal and Feedback Mechanisms in Biological and Social Systems; Transactions of the Sixth Conference, March 24–25, 1949. Conference on Cybernetics. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.14–23, 57, 75, 76, 85, 89, 138, 152, 154, 157, 161, 164, 165, 181, 182, 185, 189, 200, 201, 206
Bateson, G. (1950). «Cultural Ideas about Aging». In: Jones, H.E. Research on Aging: Proceedings of a Conference held on August .7-10, 1950, at the University of California, Berkeley. Social Science Research Council; Pacific Coast Committee on Old Age Research. Social Science Research Council. pp.49–54
Bateson, G. (1951). «Conference remarks». In: von Foerster, H.; Mead, M.; Teuber, H.L. Cybernetics: Circular Causal and Feedback Mechanisms in Biological and Social Systems; Transactions of the Seventh Conference, March 23–24, 1950. Conference on Cybernetics. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.13–26, 27, 44, 49, 78, 113, 140, 149, 150, 164, 165, 166, 169, 171, 182, 184, 185, 196, 201, 204, 222, 231, 232
Bateson, G. (1951). «Conventions of Communication: Where Validity Depends upon Belief». Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry. Por Ruesch, Jurgen; Bateson, G. [S.l.]: W.W. Norton. pp.212–227
Bateson, G. (1951). «Metalogue: Why do Frenchmen?». In: Van Tuyl, M. Impulse: Annual of Contemporary Dance, 1951. [S.l.]: Impulse Publications. pp.21–24
Bateson, G. (1952). «Applied Metalinguistics and International Relations». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 10 (1): 71–73. JSTOR42581023
Bateson, G. (1953). «An Analysis of the Nazi Film Hitlerjunge Quex». In: Mead, M.; Metraux, R. The Study of Culture at a Distance. [S.l.]: University of Chicago Press. pp.302–314
Bateson, G. (1953). «Formulation of End Linkage». In: Mead, M.; Metraux, R. The Study of Culture at a Distance. [S.l.]: University of Chicago Press. pp.367–378
Bateson, G. (1953). «Metalogue: About Games and Being Serious». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 10 (3): 213–217. JSTOR42581090
Bateson, G. (1953). «Metalogue: Daddy, How Much Do You Know?». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 10 (4): 311–315. JSTOR42581370
Bateson, G. (1953). «Metalogue: Why Do Things Have Outlines?». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 11 (1): 59–63. JSTOR42581122
Bateson, G. (1953). «The Position of Humor in Human Communication». In: von Foerster, H.; Mead, M.; Teuber, H.L. Cybernetics: Circular causal and feedback mechanisms in biological and social systems, Transactions of the Ninth Conference, March 20–21, 1952. Conference on Cybernetics. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.1–47
Bateson, G. (1954). «Why a Swan? — A Metalogue». In: Van Tuyl, M. Impulse, Annual of Contemporary Dance, 1954. [S.l.]: Impulse Publications. pp.23–26
Bateson, G. (1955). A Theory of Play and Fantasy: A Report on Theoretical Aspects of the Project of Study of the Role of Paradoxes of Abstraction in Communication. Approaches to the Study of Human Personality: Psychiatric Research Reports. American Psychiatric Association. pp.39–51
Bateson, G. (1955). «How the Deviant Sees His Society». In: Branch, C.H.H. The Epidemiology of Mental Health: An Institute, Brighton, Utah, 1955. Papers and Summary of Discussions. The Epidemiology of Mental Health: An Institute sponsored by the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology of the University of Utah and by the Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Douglas Division, Salt Lake City, UT. Brighton, UT: University of Utah. pp.25–31
Bateson, G. (1956). «Autobiographical sketch». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Second Conference, October 9-12, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey. [S.l.]: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.11–12
Bateson, G. (1956). «Communication in Occupational Therapy». American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 10 (4, Part II). 188páginas. PMID13339893
Bateson, G. (1956). «The Message "This is Play."». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Second Conference, October 9-12, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey. [S.l.]: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.145–242
Bateson, G. (1957). «Autobiographical sketch». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Third Conference, October 7-10, 1956, Princeton, NJ. [S.l.]: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. 9páginas
Bateson, G. (1957). «Conference remarks». In: Mitchell, D. Conference on Perception and Personality. Conference on Perception and Personality. Beverly Hills, CA: Hacker Foundation. pp.10, 42–43, 44, 45, 51, 62, 71, 85, 90, 92–93, 97, 112, 113, 114–115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 134, 135
Bateson, G. (1958). «Analysis of Group Therapy in an Admission Ward, United States Naval Hospital, Oakland, California». In: Wilmer, H.A. Social Psychiatry in Action: A Therapeutic Community. [S.l.]: Charles C. Thomas. pp.334–349
Bateson, G. (1958). «Schizophrenic Distortions of Communication». In: Whitaker, C.A. Psychotherapy of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients. Sea Island Conference on Psychotherapy of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients, sponsored by Little, Brown & Co. Sea Island, GA: Little, Brown. pp.31–56
Bateson, G. (17 de setembro de 1958). «The New Conceptual Frames for Behavioral Research». Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Psychiatric Institute. Sixth Annual Psychiatric Institute. New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, Princeton, NJ. pp.54–71
Bateson, G. (1959). «Autobiographical sketch». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Fourth Conference, October 13–16, 1957, Princeton NJ. Conference on Group Processes. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.13–14
Bateson, G. (1959). «Cultural Problems Posed by a Study of Schizophrenic Process». In: Auerback, A. Schizophrenia: An Integrated Approach. Symposium on Schizoprenia. American Psychiatric Association symposium of the Hawaiian Divisional Meeting, 1958, San Francisco, CA: Ronald Press Co. pp.125–148
Bateson, G. (1959). «Panel Review». In: Masserman, J.H. Individual and Familial Dynamics. Col: Science and Psychoanalysis. 2. [S.l.]: Grune & Stratton. pp.207–211
Bateson, G. (1959). «Remarks in "Memorial to Dr. Fromm-Reichmann"». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Fourth Conference, October 13–16, 1957, Princeton NJ. Conference on Group Processes. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. 7páginas
Bateson, G. (1960). «Conference remarks». In: Schaffner, B. Group Processes: Transactions of the Fifth Conference, October 12–15, 1958, Princeton NJ. Conference on Group Processes. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 34, 35, 54, 56, 57, 61, 63, 65, 66, 96, 108–109, 120, 124, 125, 177
Bateson, G. (1960). «Conference remarks». In: Abramson, H.A. The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy: Transactions of a Conference on d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD-25), April 22–24, 1959, Princeton NJ. Conference on d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD-25). Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. pp.10, 19, 25, 28, 35–36, 37, 39–40, 48, 51, 58, 61, 62, 88, 98, 100, 117, 134, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 183, 185, 187–188, 189, 190, 191–192, 193, 210, 211, 213, 214, 218, 222, 225, 231, 234–235, 235
Bateson, G. (1960). «The Group Dynamics of Schizophrenia». In: Appleby, Lawrence; Scher, Jordan M.; Cumming, John. Chronic Schizophrenia: Explorations in Theory and Treatment. Institute on Chronic Schizoprhenia and Hospital Treatment Programs. State Hospital, Osawatomie, KS: Free Press. pp.90–105
Bateson, G. (1961). «Formal Research in Family Structure». In: Ackerman, Nathan W.; Beatman, Frances L.; Sherman, Sanford N. Exploring the Base for Family Therapy. M. Robert Gomberg Memorial Conference. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY: Family Service Association of America. pp.136–140
Bateson, G. (1961). «Introduction». Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832. Por Perceval, John. Bateson, G., ed. [S.l.]: Stanford University Press. pp.v–xxii
Bateson, G. (1961). «The Biosocial Integration of Behavior in the Schizophrenic Family». In: Ackerman, N.W.; Beatman, F.L.; Sherman, S.N. Exploring the Base for Family Therapy. M. Robert Gomberg Memorial Conference. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY: Family Service Association of America. pp.116–122
Bateson, G. (1963). «A Social Scientist Views the Emotions». In: Knapp, Peter H. Expression of the Emotions in Man. Symposium on Expression of the Emotions of Man, Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York: International Universities Press. pp.230–236
Bateson, G. (1963). «Exchange of Information About Patterns of Human Behavior». In: Fields, William S.; Abbott, Walter. Information Storage and Neural Control. Houston Neurological Society Tenth Annual Scientific Meeting. Charles C. Thomas. pp.173–186
Bateson, G. (1964). «Patient Therapist Dialogue with Interpretation». An Anthology of Human Communication, Text and Tape. Por Wazlawick, Paul. [S.l.]: Science and Behavior Books. pp.36–37
Bateson, G. (1964). «Preface». An Anthology of Human Communication, Text and Tape. Por Watzlawick, Paul. [S.l.]: Science and Behavior Books. pp.iv–iv
Bateson, G. (1965). «Communication Among the Higher Vertebrates (Abstract)». Proceedings of the Hawaiian Academy of Sciences, Fortieth Annual Meeting, 1964-1965. Hawaiian Academy of Sciences, 40th Annual Meeting. University of Hawaii Press
Bateson, G. (1966). «Communication Theories in Relation to the Etiology of the Neuroses». In: Merin, Joseph H.; Nagler, Simon H. The Etiology of the Neuroses. Symposium sponsored by The Society of Medical Psychoanalysts, March 17–18, 1962, New York. Science and Behavior Books. pp.28–35
Bateson, G. (1966). «Problems in Cetacean and Other Mammalian Communication». In: Norris, Kenneth S. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. [S.l.]: University of California Press. pp.569–579
Bateson, G. (1966). «Slippery Theories. Comment on "Family Interaction and Schizophrenia: A Review of Current Theories" by Elliot G. Mishler and Nancy E. Waxler». International Journal of Psychiatry. 2: 415–417
Bateson, G. (1966). «Threads in the Cybernetic Pattern». Proceedings from The Cybernetics Revolution Symposium. The Cybernetics Revolution Symposium sponsored by The Symposia Committee, Associated Students of the University of Hawaii. University of Hawaii, Honolulu: The Symposia Committee of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii
Bateson, G. (28 de julho de 1967). «Consciousness versus nature». Peace News (1622). 10páginas
Bateson, G. (1967). «Review of Person, Time, and Conduct in Bali: An Essay in Cultural Analysis by Clifford Geertz». American Anthropologist. New Series. 69 (6): 765–766. JSTOR669708. doi:10.1525/aa.1967.69.6.02a00400
Bateson, G. (1968). «Conscious Purpose Versus Nature». In: Cooper, David. The Dialectics of Liberation. [S.l.]: Pelican Books. pp.34–49
Bateson, G. (1968). «Redundancy and Coding». In: Sebeok, Thomas A. Animal Communication: Techniques of Study and Results of Research. Wenner-Gren Conference on Animal Communication. Indiana University Press. pp.614–626
Bateson, G. (1969). «Comment on "The Study of Language and Communication Across Species" by Harvey B. Sarles». Current Anthropology. 10 (2/3). 215páginas. JSTOR2740478
Bateson, G. (1969). «Metalogue: What is an Instinct?». In: Sebeok, T.A.; Ramsay, A. Approaches to Animal Communication. [S.l.]: Mouton & Co. pp.11–30
Bateson, G. (1970). «An Open Letter to Anatol Rapoport». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 27 (3): 359–363. JSTOR42575737
Bateson, G. (1970). «Form, Substance, and Difference». General Semantics Bulletin. 37: 5–13
Bateson, G. (31 de janeiro de 1970). «The Message of Reinforcement». In: Akin, Johnnye; Goldberg, Alvin; Myers, Gail; Stewart, Joseph. Language Behavior: A Book of Readings in Communication. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. pp.62–72. ISBN978-3-11-087875-2
Bateson, G. (1971). «A systems approach». International Journal of Psychiatry. 9: 242–244. PMID5482974
Bateson, G. (1971). «Excerpts of letters to Arthur Koestler dated April 6 and July 2, 1970». In: Koestler, Arthur. The Case of the Midwife Toad. [S.l.]: Hutchinson. pp.24, 51, 82, 121
Authors "Chapter 1: Communication" and "Chapter 5: The Actors and the Setting" in Predefinição:Cite archive
With Ray Birdwhistell, H.W. Brosin & N.A. McQuown, authors the chapter "Remarks on the by-products of The Natural History of an Interview research project" in Predefinição:Cite archive
Bateson, G. (1971). «Restructuring the Ecology of a Great City». Radical Software. 1 (3): 2–3
Bateson, G. (1972). «Double Bind, 1969». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «From Versailles to Cybernetics». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «Metalogue: Why Do Things Get in a Muddle?». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «Pathologies of Epistemology». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «Style, Grace and Information in Primitive Art». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «The Logical Categories of Learning and Communication». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «The Roots of the Ecological Crisis». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1972). «The Science of Mind and Order». Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. [S.l.]: Chandler Publishing Company
Bateson, G. (1973). Vic Gioscia (ed.). «Mind/Environment». Social Change (1): 6–21
Bateson, G.; von Foerster, Heinz (1974). Conditioning, Adaptation, Learning Model, and Double Bind. Cybernetics of Cybernetics: Or the Control of Control and the Communication of Communication. Urbana, IL: Biological Computer Laboratory, University of Illinois. pp.97–98, 98–101, 299, 419–420
Bateson, G. (1974). «Distortions Under Culture Contact». In: Lebra, W.P. Youth, Socialization, and Mental Health. Col: Mental Health Research in Asia and the Pacific, Vol 3. [S.l.]: University of Hawaii Press. pp.197–199
Bateson, G. (1974). «Observations of a Cetacean Community». In: McIntyre, J. Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins. [S.l.]: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp.146–165
Bateson, G. (1974). «DRAFT: Scattered Thoughts for a Conference on "Broken Power"». The CoEvolution Quarterly. 4. pp.26–27
Bateson, G. (4 de fevereiro de 1974). «The Non-Trivial». The Last Klein. University of California, Santa Cruz. pp.1–2
Bateson, G. (1974). «Energy Does Not Explain». The CoEvolution Quarterly (1). 45páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «Reading Suggested by G. Bateson». The CoEvolution Quarterly (4). 28páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «Review of Acting: The First Six Lessons, by Richard Boleslavsky». The CoEvolution Quarterly (4). 120páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «Review of Advanced Techniques of Hypnosis and Therapy: Selected Papers of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., edited by Jay Haley». In: Brand, S. Whole Earth Epilog. [S.l.]: Penguin Books. 741páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «Review of Septem Sermones ad Mortuos, by C.G. Jung». Harper's. 248 (1487). 105páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «Review of Tracks by E.A.R. Ennion and N. Tinbergen». The CoEvolution Quarterly (4). 123páginas
Bateson, G. (1974). «The Creature and Its Creations». The CoEvolution Quarterly (4). pp.24–25
Bateson, G. (1975). «Coding and Redundancy». The CoEvolution Quarterly (6). pp.133–135
Bateson, G. (1975). «Quotation regarding "Sagan's Conjecture"». The CoEvolution Quarterly (6). p.7
Bateson, G. (1975). «Quotation regarding statisticians». The CoEvolution Quarterly (6). p.151
Bateson, G. (1975). «Quotation regarding wrapping up water in a Christmas package». The CoEvolution Quarterly (6). p.22
Bateson, G. (1975). «Comments». In: Gilbert, R. Edited Transcript AHP Theory Conference. San Francisco: Association for Humanistic Psychology. pp.12–13, 14, 15, 16, 18–19, 43–44, 53–54
Bateson, G. (1975). «Ecology of Mind: The Sacred». In: Fields, R. Loka: A Journal from Naropa Institute. [S.l.]: Anchor Books. pp.24–27
Bateson, G. (1975). «Quotation regarding a church he would start». The CoEvolution Quarterly (7). p.51
Bateson, G. (1975). «What Energy Isn't». The CoEvolution Quarterly (5). 29páginas
Bateson, G. (1976). «Comments on Haley's "History": A Comment by Gregory Bateson». In: Sluzki, C.E.; Ransom, D.C. Double Bind: The Foundation of the Communicational Approach to the Family. [S.l.]: Grune & Stratton. pp.105–106
Bateson, G. (1976). «Foreword: A Formal Approach to Explicit, Implicit and Embodied Ideas and to Their Forms of Interaction». In: Sluzki, C.E.; Ransom, D.C. Double Bind: The Foundation of the Communicational Approach to the Family. [S.l.]: Grune & Stratton. pp.xi–xvi
Bateson, G. (1976). «Quotation regarding Isak Dinesen on co-evolution». The CoEvolution Quarterly (9). p.90
Bateson, G. (1976). «Invitational Paper by Gregory Bateson». The CoEvolution Quarterly (11). pp.56–57
Bateson, G. (1976). «Answers to watershed quiz». The CoEvolution Quarterly (12). p.12
Bateson, G. (1976). «The Case Against the Case for Mind/Body Dualism». The CoEvolution Quarterly (12). pp.94–95
Bateson, G. (1976). «The Oak Beams of New College, Oxford». The CoEvolution Quarterly (10). 66páginas
Bateson, G. (1977). «Epilogue: The Growth of Paradigms for Psychiatry». In: Ostwald, P.F. Communication and Social Interaction: Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Human Behavior. [S.l.]: Grune & Stratton. pp.331–337
Bateson, G. (1977). «Play and Paradigm». The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play Newsletter. 4 (1): 2–8
Bateson, G. (1977). «Quotation from Bateson's first meeting with the University of California Board of Regents». The CoEvolution Quarterly (13). p.143
Bateson, G. (1977). «Tank log, 28 October 1973». The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation and the Tank Isolation Technique. Por Lilly, John C. [S.l.]: Simon and Schuster. p.185
Bateson, G. (1977). «The Thing of It Is». In: Katz, M.; Marsh, W.P.; Thompson, G.G. Earth's Answer: Explorations of Planetary Culture at the Lindisfarne Conferences. [S.l.]: Lindisfarne Books/Harper and Row. pp.143–154
Bateson, G. (1979). «Letter in "G. Bateson on Play and Work" by Phillips Stevens, Jr.». The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play Newsletter. 5 (4): 2–4
Bateson, G. (1979). «Letter to the Regents of the University of California». The CoEvolution Quarterly (24). pp.22–23
Bateson, G. (1979). «Nuclear Armament as Epistemological Error: Letters to the California Board of Regents». Zero (3). pp.34–41
Bateson, G. (1979). «Response to inquiry regarding magazines». The CoEvolution Quarterly (21). 75páginas
Bateson, G. (1979). «The Magic of G. Bateson». Psychology Today. 13 (6). 128páginas
Bateson, G. (1979). «The Science of Knowing». The Esalen Catalog. 17 (2). pp.6–7
Bateson, G. (1980). «Comments». In: Piattelli-Palmarini, M. Language and Learning: The Debate Between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky. [S.l.]: Harvard University Press. pp.76–77, 78, 222, 262, 263–264, 266, 269
Bateson, G. (1980). «Health: Whose Responsibility?». Energy Medicine. 1 (1). pp.70–75
Bateson, G. (1980). «In July, 1979…». The Esalen Catalog. 19 (3). pp.6–7
Bateson, G. (1980). «Men are Grass: Metaphor and the World of Mental Process». Lindisfarne Letter (11)
Bateson, G. (1980). «Seek the Sacred: Dartington Seminar». Resurgence. 10 (6). pp.18–20
Bateson, G. (24 de janeiro de 1980). «Syllogisms in Grass». London Review of Books. 2 (1). 2páginas
Bateson, G. (1980). «The Oak Beams of New College, Oxford». In: Brand, S. The Next Whole Earth Catalog. [S.l.]: Random House. 77páginas
Bateson, G. (1981). «Allegory». The Esalen Catalog. 20 (1). 13páginas
Bateson, G. (1981). «Letter in "Editor's Note: Sociobiology: A Paradigm's Unnatural Selection Through Science, Philosophy, and Ideology" by Anthony Leeds and Valentine Dusek». The Philosophical Forum: A Quarterly. 13 (2–3). pp.xxix–xxx
Bateson, G. (1981). «Paradigmatic Conservatism». In: Wilder-Mott, C.; Weakland, J.H. Rigor & Imagination: Essays from the Legacy of G. Bateson. [S.l.]: Praeger Publishers. pp.347–355
Bateson, G.; Caldecott, O. (1981). «Short excerpt from a letter to Oliver Caldecott». Life and Habitat. Por Butler, Samuel. [S.l.]: Wildwood House Ltd.
Bateson, G. (1981). «The Manuscript». The Esalen Catalog. 20 (1). 12páginas
Bateson, G. (1982). «Difference, Double Description and the Interactive Designation of Self». In: Hanson, A.F. Studies in Symbolism and Cultural Communication. Col: University of Kansas Pubklications in Anthropology No. 14. [S.l.]: University of Kansas. pp.3–8
Bateson, G. (1982). «Foreword». St. George and the Dandelion: 40 Years of Practice as a Jungian Analyst. Por Wheelwright, Joseph B. [S.l.]: The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Inc. pp.xi–xiii
Bateson, G. (1982). «They Threw God Out of the Garden: Letters from G. Bateson to Philip Wylie and Warren McCulloch». The CoEvolution Quarterly (36). pp.62–67
Bateson, G. (1985). «Excerpt from a letter to William Coleman dated December 1, 1966». Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and His Work, Volume I: 1861-1910. Por Lowe, Victor. [S.l.]: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp.206–207
Bateson, G.; Jackson, Don D. (1964). «Social Factors and Disorders of Communication. Some Varieties of Pathogenic Organization». In: Rioch, D.M.; Weinstein, E.A. Research publications - Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease. 42. [S.l.]: Williams & Wilkins. pp.270–290. PMID14265454
Bateson, G.; Jackson, Don D.; Haley, Jay; Weakland, John (1956). «Toward a Theory of Schizophrenia». Behavioral Science. 1 (4): 251–264. doi:10.1002/bs.3830010402
Bateson, G.; Ruderman, Sheldon (1971). «Comment on "An Open Letter to G. Bateson" by Sheldon Ruderman». ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 28 (2): 239–240. JSTOR42576097
Bateson, G.; Ryan, Paul (1980). «A Metalogue». All Area (1). pp.46–67
Bateson, William; Bateson, G. (1925). «On certain aberrations of the red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa and Saxatilis». Journal of Genetics. 16 (16): 101–123. doi:10.1007/BF02983990
Beels, C. Christian (1979). «Profile: G. Bateson». The Kinesis Report: News and View of Nonverbal Communication. 2 (2): 1–3, 15–16
Brand, Stewart (1973). «Both Sides of the Necessary Paradox». Harper's. 247 (1482). pp.20–37
Brand, Stewart (1975). «Caring and Clarity: Conversation with G. Bateson and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California». The CoEvolution Quarterly (7). pp.32–47
Brand, Stewart (1976). «For God's Sake, Margaret: A Conversation with G. Bateson and Margaret Mead». The CoEvolution Quarterly (10). pp.32–44
Fields, Rick; Greene, Richard (1975). «A Conversation with G. Bateson». Loka: A Journal from Naropa Institute. [S.l.]: Anchor Books. pp.28–34
Goleman, Daniel (1978). «Breaking Out of the Double Bind». Psychology Today. 12 (8). pp.42–51
Holt, Claire; Bateson, G. (1944). «Form and Function of the Dance in Bali». The Function of Dance in Human Society: A Seminar Directed by Franziska Boas. New York: The Boas School. pp.46–52, Plates 11–19
Ruesch, Jurgen; Bateson, G. (1951). «Communication and the System of Checks and Balances: An Anthropological Approach». Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry. [S.l.]: W.W. Norton. pp.150–167
Ruesch, Jurgen; Bateson, G. (1951). «Individual, Group, and Culture: A Review of the Theory of Human Communication». Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry. [S.l.]: W.W. Norton. pp.273–289
Thayer, Lee (1973). «A Conversation with G. Bateson». In: Thayer, Lee. Communication: Ethical and Moral Issues. [S.l.]: Gordon and Breach. pp.247–248
Weakland, John (1981). «One Thing Leads to Another». In: Wilder-Mott, Carol; Weakland, John H. Rigor & Imagination: Essays from the Legacy of G. Bateson. [S.l.: s.n.] pp.56–63
Welwood, John (1978). «A Conversation with Gregory Bateson». ReVision. 1 (2): 43–49
Documentários (filmes)
Mead, M. & Bateson, G. (Producers). (1951). A Balinese Family (Filme),
Mead, M. & Bateson, G. (Producers). (1952). First Days in the Life of a New Guinea Baby (Filme)
Mead, M. & Bateson, G. (Producers). (1952). Karba's First Years (Filme)
↑Bateson, G.; Jackson, D. D.; Haley, J.; Weakland, J. (1956). «Toward a theory of schizophrenia». Behavioral Science. 1 (4): 251–264. doi:10.1002/bs.3830010402