The Principles of Social EvolutionClarendon Press, 1986 - 412 Seiten Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Using religious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution. |
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... authority over all its other members . It is upon this basic pattern that the system of centralized government has been developed ' ( Schapera 1956 : 123 ) . But where the descent group is very large the succession to authority may be ...
... authority over all its other members . It is upon this basic pattern that the system of centralized government has been developed ' ( Schapera 1956 : 123 ) . But where the descent group is very large the succession to authority may be ...
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... authority of their seniors . This distinction between authority and force is an essential political principle on which all early states rely , and which is well taught by age - grouping systems . Writing of the Bantu chiefdoms of ...
... authority of their seniors . This distinction between authority and force is an essential political principle on which all early states rely , and which is well taught by age - grouping systems . Writing of the Bantu chiefdoms of ...
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... authority is based on elected ward councils and town councils ; in these , elders exercise conciliar and ritual authority , while armed force is the prerogative of the warrior grade , acting as a police force under the direction of the ...
... authority is based on elected ward councils and town councils ; in these , elders exercise conciliar and ritual authority , while armed force is the prerogative of the warrior grade , acting as a police force under the direction of the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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