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EDITORIAL

Editorial
by Lila Vatteroni
Editor-in-chief

ARTICLES

The ecological man
by Ciro Nanetti e Massimo Strada
AbstractThe ecological manThe article aims to provide a theoretical exploration of the problem of current environmental crisis. Through the contribution of authors such as Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Gregory Bateson and George Kelly, the probable processes and epistemological assumptions that have made possible the current relationship between human beings and their environment will be identified. Furthermore, using the constructivist theoretical lens, we will analyze the various factors that intervene in maintaining that consumerist model that continues to consume the world and the relationships that inhabit it.

Keywords: man, environment, adaptation, consumerism, constructivism.

Humberto Maturana: “Without mutual listening, we will go straight to extinction”
di Richard Vettoretti e Filippo Baretta

INTERVIEW

Meeting Humberto Maturana: possible perturbations in the therapeutic work
by Ilaria Avallone, Valentina Azzarello, Camilla Bortolotti, Riccardo Busato, Marta Lucca, Manuela Pinducciu e Milena Sech
AbstractMeeting Humberto Maturana: possible perturbations in the therapeutic workHumberto Augusto Maturana (1928-2021) was a Chilean biologist, sociologist and philosopher. After graduating he began studying medicine and surgery, and then became interested in anatomy and neurophysiology. Numerous studies have been carried out on the biological perceptual systems of various animals and on information processing in the brain. Maturana became famous for the theory of autopoiesis,
elaborated together with Francisco Varela, with whom he wrote his most important works: Autopoiesis and cognition: the realization of the living (1970) and The tree of knowledge (1984). Maturana's thought has influenced several sciences, including biology, cybernetics, sociology and psychology.

Keywords: autopoiesis, cognition, psychology, cybernetics, structural coupling.

BOOK REVIEW

“Macchine ed esseri viventi. L’autopoiesi e l’organizzazione biologica” by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
by Alessandro Busi

GLOSSARY

Fixed-role therapy
by David A. Winter