The culture of feedback : ecological thinking in seventies America /: ecological thinking in seventies America. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel Belgrad.
• Authors: Belgrad, Daniel
• Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction The Historiographical Context Why It Matters: Two Ideas of Efficiency The Historical Context The Culture of Feedback as Practice and Form 1 Systems, Ecology, and Environmentalism Systems Ecology and Information Theory Ecological Thinking versus Game Theory Gary Snyder's Ecological Ethic The Subversive Science Nature's Feedback 2 Self-Organizing Systems and Mind in Nature General Systems Theory Coevolution Gaia 3 Crying Indian The Crying Indian The Ecological Critique of the Scientific Method Neo-Paganism and Ecofeminism Inheriting Native Ways Native American Intellectuals and Ecological Thinking 4 Talking with Plants Ecology and Plants' Rights Vegetal Signings Listening to Our Vegetal Selves Psychedelics: Talking Plant-to-Plant Freaks Like Us Music for Plants 5 Ambient Music Sonic Meditations Noise as Pollution Acoustic Ecology and 'Schizophonia' Ambient Sound Ambient Drone and Just Intonation: The Influence of Indian Classical Music Evolving Pieces: Music as an Ecological System Brian Eno's Ambient Music for Airports 6 Dancing with Animals Beyond Behaviorism The Willfulness of Dolphins and Horses Whale Song Animal Choreographies Contact Improvisation Horse Whispering Choreographies of Confinement A Tale of Two Dolphins 7 Neo-Orthodoxies Genetic Determinism The Resurgence of Game Theory and the End of Limits Protective Barriers Conclusion: A Metahistory Notes Selected Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.0973; Ecology -- United States -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century; Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226652672
• Related ISBNs: 9780226652368; 9780226652535
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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