Aesthetics Of Change
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Good.
What does it mean to change, and what makes change beautiful? Bradford P. Keeney's Aesthetics of Change presents a radical rethinking of therapeutic change by drawing on cybernetics, systems theory, and the epistemology of Gregory Bateson. Keeney argues that the conventional view of change as a linear, goal-directed process fundamentally misunderstands the recursive, ecological nature of living systems, and instead instructs the reader in a richer, more holistic way of perceiving patterns of interaction and transformation. With a foreword by pioneering cybernetician Heinz von Foerster, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the field of family therapy and systemic thinking. Keeney's writing is both rigorous and evocative, weaving together biology, philosophy, and clinical practice into a coherent and intellectually demanding vision of what it means to facilitate genuine change. The text challenges therapists, educators, and thinkers to abandon mechanistic assumptions and embrace the complexity of recursive feedback systems. For anyone willing to engage with its depth, Aesthetics of Change opens onto a world where the process of change itself becomes a subject of wonder — leaving one to ask not just *how* we change, but whether we have ever truly understood *why*.
Author: Bradford P. Keeney
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, The Guilford Press
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Good.
What does it mean to change, and what makes change beautiful? Bradford P. Keeney's Aesthetics of Change presents a radical rethinking of therapeutic change by drawing on cybernetics, systems theory, and the epistemology of Gregory Bateson. Keeney argues that the conventional view of change as a linear, goal-directed process fundamentally misunderstands the recursive, ecological nature of living systems, and instead instructs the reader in a richer, more holistic way of perceiving patterns of interaction and transformation. With a foreword by pioneering cybernetician Heinz von Foerster, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the field of family therapy and systemic thinking. Keeney's writing is both rigorous and evocative, weaving together biology, philosophy, and clinical practice into a coherent and intellectually demanding vision of what it means to facilitate genuine change. The text challenges therapists, educators, and thinkers to abandon mechanistic assumptions and embrace the complexity of recursive feedback systems. For anyone willing to engage with its depth, Aesthetics of Change opens onto a world where the process of change itself becomes a subject of wonder — leaving one to ask not just *how* we change, but whether we have ever truly understood *why*.