Anthony Wilden (born in London, England December 14, 1935 - ) is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant. Wilden has published numerous books and articles which intersect a number of fields, including film theory, structuralism, cybernetics, psychiatry, anthropological theory, water control projects, urban ecosystems, resource conservation, and communications and social relations. London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Film theory seeks to develop concise, systematic concepts that apply to the study of film/cinema as art. ... Structuralism is a general approach in various academic disciplines that explores the interrelationships between fundamental elements of some kind, upon which some higher mental, linguistic, social, cultural etc structures are built, through which then meaning is produced within a particular person, system, culture. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that studies, diagnoses, and treats mental illness and behavioral disorders. ... In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. ...

He has attended the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 1960-61, 1963- 65; and Johns Hopkins University, earning his Ph.D. in 1968. The University of Victoria (usually known as UVic) is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (northeast of Victoria, and split between the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich) . It is a medium-sized university, with approximately 19,000 students, as of 2006. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

Selected writings & publications

• (With Jacques Lacan) The Language of the Self, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968, revised edition, 1976; reprinted as Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis, 1981.
• System and Structure: Essays in Communication and Exchange, Tavistock Publications, 1972, 3rd edition, Boreal Express, 1983.
• (Contributor) D. E. Washburn and D. R. Smith, editors, Coping with Increasing Complexity, Gordon & Breach, 1974.
• (Contributor) K. Riegel, editor, Structure and Transformation, Wiley, 1975.
• (Contributor with Tim Wilson) Carlos Sluzki and Donald Ransom, editors, Double Bind: The Foundation of the Communicational Approach to the Family, Grune & Stratton, 1976.
• (Contributor) M. Maruyama and A. Harkins, editors, Cultures of the Future, Mouton, 1980.
• (Contributor) Kathleen Woodward, editor, The Myths of Information: Technology and Post-Industrial Culture, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.
• (With R. Hammer) Busby Berkeley and the Mechanical Bride: From "Flying Down to Rio" to "The Lullaby of Broadway" 1933-35 (videotape montage), Simon Fraser University, 1984.
• (Contributor) Paul Bouissac, Michael Herzfeld, and Roland Posner, editors, Iconicity: Festschrift for Thomas A. Sebeok, Stauffenberg Verlag, 1986.
• The Rules Are No Game: The Strategy of Communication, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.
• Man and Woman, War and Peace: The Strategist's Companion, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.
• (Contributor) K. Krippendorff, editor, Communication and Control in Society, Gordon & Breach, in press.