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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... increase in size . Segmentation as the result of increased size or distance , or division of labour , thus operates on one hand to increase the solidarity of corporate groups but on the other hand , by this very process of nucleation or ...
... increase in size . Segmentation as the result of increased size or distance , or division of labour , thus operates on one hand to increase the solidarity of corporate groups but on the other hand , by this very process of nucleation or ...
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... them lies on or at a nodal point in an increasing long distance trade , then this environmental feature exerts re on the local leadership to increase their power and 256 The Direction of Evolution (c) Trade and markets.
... them lies on or at a nodal point in an increasing long distance trade , then this environmental feature exerts re on the local leadership to increase their power and 256 The Direction of Evolution (c) Trade and markets.
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... increase in full - time specialist craftsmen ( 18 out of 21 cases , and 3 cases of insufficient data , Claessen 1978 : 544 ) , but also , later in the development of the state , to a professional merchant class . But this does not mean ...
... increase in full - time specialist craftsmen ( 18 out of 21 cases , and 3 cases of insufficient data , Claessen 1978 : 544 ) , but also , later in the development of the state , to a professional merchant class . But this does not mean ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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