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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... ritual , in so far as both constitute formal activities that take place outside the constraints of immediate material interests , and create a different world in a time and space of their own , according to their own rules : More ...
... ritual , in so far as both constitute formal activities that take place outside the constraints of immediate material interests , and create a different world in a time and space of their own , according to their own rules : More ...
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... ritual responsibility for blessing the warriors before a raid , and was rewarded with a share of the booty , there is no suggestion that only | he , or any of the lesser ritual experts , had any exclusive right to sacrifice . In ...
... ritual responsibility for blessing the warriors before a raid , and was rewarded with a share of the booty , there is no suggestion that only | he , or any of the lesser ritual experts , had any exclusive right to sacrifice . In ...
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... ritual and moral authority of the poĝalla is simply inherited through eldest sons , and among the Bantu and ... ritual authority ; he has the right to dispose of his dependants ' labour , property , and persons , and he can use force or ...
... ritual and moral authority of the poĝalla is simply inherited through eldest sons , and among the Bantu and ... ritual authority ; he has the right to dispose of his dependants ' labour , property , and persons , and he can use force or ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
Urheberrecht | |
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