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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... example , warfare is universal in primitive society not because it is adaptive , but because there are many different factors producing it . The selectionist model also has a strong tendency to operate on the basis of single traits ...
... example , warfare is universal in primitive society not because it is adaptive , but because there are many different factors producing it . The selectionist model also has a strong tendency to operate on the basis of single traits ...
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... example of such a process , the Chinese development of gunpowder , was discussed in detail , and the state is another excellent example of these principles of social evolution at work , and is of particular importance since it is one of ...
... example of such a process , the Chinese development of gunpowder , was discussed in detail , and the state is another excellent example of these principles of social evolution at work , and is of particular importance since it is one of ...
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... example is the concept of natural selection in Darwinian theory , which has proved itself quite capable of surviving major changes in biological knowledge at lower levels of generality , such as the mechanisms of heredity and , indeed ...
... example is the concept of natural selection in Darwinian theory , which has proved itself quite capable of surviving major changes in biological knowledge at lower levels of generality , such as the mechanisms of heredity and , indeed ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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