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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... Chinese or Indo- European studies , and that I have simply tried to use the best available scholarship of those who are specialists in these fields . 2. Chinese society This section will trace the general development of Chinese society ...
... Chinese or Indo- European studies , and that I have simply tried to use the best available scholarship of those who are specialists in these fields . 2. Chinese society This section will trace the general development of Chinese society ...
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... Chinese society gave to these changes and institutions a distinctive pattern and significance which are unique to China . These we may now explore in more detail . ( i ) Chinese ideas of cosmic and social harmony We observed earlier in ...
... Chinese society gave to these changes and institutions a distinctive pattern and significance which are unique to China . These we may now explore in more detail . ( i ) Chinese ideas of cosmic and social harmony We observed earlier in ...
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... Chinese law : the genesis and evolution of legal thought in Chinese philosophy ' , in Essays on Chinese Civilization , eds . C. LeBlanc and D. Borei , 171–94 . Princeton University Press . ( 1981c ) ' Harmony and conflict in Chinese ...
... Chinese law : the genesis and evolution of legal thought in Chinese philosophy ' , in Essays on Chinese Civilization , eds . C. LeBlanc and D. Borei , 171–94 . Princeton University Press . ( 1981c ) ' Harmony and conflict in Chinese ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Darwinism and Social Evolution | 29 |
The Survival of the Mediocre | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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