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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... clearly bounded , in the manner of organisms . When we talk of ' a society ' we normally have in mind a political unit , yet obviously there are many other societal bonds that do not conform to political boundaries : culture , religion ...
... clearly bounded , in the manner of organisms . When we talk of ' a society ' we normally have in mind a political unit , yet obviously there are many other societal bonds that do not conform to political boundaries : culture , religion ...
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... clearly absurd : as a piece of technology it was crude in the extreme , and very far from the most efficient use that could have been made of stone even at that time , as subsequent developments in the later Palaeolithic and the ...
... clearly absurd : as a piece of technology it was crude in the extreme , and very far from the most efficient use that could have been made of stone even at that time , as subsequent developments in the later Palaeolithic and the ...
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... ( clearly to be returned to the victim of theft ) , all his possessions are to be confiscated and divided into three parts — one for the wife , if she is innocent of the crime , one for the king , and one part for the guild ( Whitelock ...
... ( clearly to be returned to the victim of theft ) , all his possessions are to be confiscated and divided into three parts — one for the wife , if she is innocent of the crime , one for the king , and one part for the guild ( Whitelock ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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