The structure of magic. I : A book about language and therapy ; II : A book about communication and change / introductions by Virginia Satir and Gregory Bateson. 2 volumes

Bandler, Richard and John Grinder

ISBN 10: 0831400447 / ISBN 13: 9780831400446

Published by Science and Behavior Books, Inc., Palo Alto, 1975

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Bandler, Richard and John Grinder. The structure of magic. I : A book about language and therapy ; II : A book about communication and change / introductions by Virginia Satir and Gregory Bateson. 2 volumes. Palo Alto: Science and Behavior Books, Inc., copyright 1975, 1976. Paperbacks, near fine. Illustrated card covers with very light shelfwear. Bindings strong. 225, 198pp., b/w diagrams and illustrations. Contents clean and bright. The Structure of Magic is by John Grinder and Richard Bandler, co-founders of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), which is generally considered a pseudoscience. The series explores how humans construct internal models of the world through language and nonverbal communication. They introduce a process of modeling, through which the authors sought to identify the replicable patterns of thought, language, and behavior modeled from "outstanding psychotherapists", namely Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy) and Virginia Satir, a family systems therapist. The Structure of Magic presents a formal model of linguistic patterns intended to make those patterns explicit and learnable. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The structure of magic. I : A book about language and therapy ; II : A book about communication and change / introductions by Virginia Satir and Gregory Bateson. 2 volumes
• Publisher: Science and Behavior Books, Inc., Palo Alto
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0831400447
• ISBN 13: 9780831400446
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language studies
  • Psychology
  • Science

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Synopsis

These seminal works in neurolinguistic programming (NLP) help therapists understand how people create inner models of the world to represent their experience and guide their behavior. Volume I describes the Meta Model, a framework for comprehending the structure of language; Volume II applies NLP theory to nonverbal communication.