The historiographical context
Why it matters: two ideas of efficiency
The historical context
The culture of feedback as practice and form
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
Self-organizing systems and mind in nature. General systems theory ; Coevolution ; Gaia
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
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
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
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
Neo-orthodoxies. Genetic determinism ; The resurgence of game theory and the end of limits ; Protective barriers
Conclusion: a metahistory.