{"product_id":"communication-the-social-matrix-of-jurgen-ruesch-9781789872743","title":"Communication, the Social Matrix of Psychiatry: Human Psychology, Behavior and Culture in the Modern Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnderstanding how communication works in society is a crucial part of social psychology; this groundbreaking work by Ruesch and Bateson explains themes vital to understanding the subject.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter discusses a new facet of communication; the contexts of promoting harmony and cultural mores between humans, how faults in communication act to announce mental illness, how beliefs and comprehension are solidified. The recurring theme - that communication is a complex interplay of factors, a matrix by which the psychologist can know society - leads on to theoretical discussions of cybernetics: how humans, and the regulated systems and structures they have created, may be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere later studies of communication focus solely on messages and their behavioral ramifications, Ruesch and Bateson's 1951 study delved farther; into the very edifices of modern society. Though their methodology fell out of favor in communicology, this text stands as a proponent of concepts that remain both interesting and relevant. Philosophical concepts of cause-and-effect, of feedback between elements of a communicative system, are posited as crucial to understanding intricacies of modern life. For readers seeking a fresh, embracing introduction to the study of communication, this work brings both essential knowledge and a fascinating history of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jurgen Ruesch, Gregory Bateson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178987274X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789872743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantianos Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Jurgen Ruesch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994558595327,"sku":"9781789872743","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4277b0f-3512-4685-bdf9-cccdec9da041.jpg?v=1683330869","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communication-the-social-matrix-of-jurgen-ruesch-9781789872743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}