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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... adaptive in the long run is not 100 % , so that many innovations , however purposeful and intelligent they may seem to their proponents and first adopters , may not turn out to be highly adaptive , at least on a long term basis ...
... adaptive in the long run is not 100 % , so that many innovations , however purposeful and intelligent they may seem to their proponents and first adopters , may not turn out to be highly adaptive , at least on a long term basis ...
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... adaptive , but this elementary truism will be challenged by no one . The question is , first , whether it is the adaptive advantages of an institution that explain its survival and spread to different societies , and secondly , if so ...
... adaptive , but this elementary truism will be challenged by no one . The question is , first , whether it is the adaptive advantages of an institution that explain its survival and spread to different societies , and secondly , if so ...
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... adaptive systems , whose subtle adjustments to the demands of the environment are only detectable to twentieth - century science . Instead of a genuine Darwinian explanation , what we are in fact typically given is a low - grade ...
... adaptive systems , whose subtle adjustments to the demands of the environment are only detectable to twentieth - century science . Instead of a genuine Darwinian explanation , what we are in fact typically given is a low - grade ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Darwinism and Social Evolution | 29 |
The Survival of the Mediocre | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adaptive anthropology aspects assembly associated authority basic basis become belief biological centralized Chapter Chinese clan clear clearly closely competition concept consider course culture dependent descent distinction early economic effective environment especially essential established evidence evolutionary example existence explain fact force forms functions give groups human ibid idea importance increase individual Indo-European institutions involved kind king kinship Konso land less maintain major means military nature necessary noted officials organization origin particular period person political population possible practice Press priests primitive principles problem produce properties reasons refer regard relations relative religious requirements result ritual rules seems selection sense significance simply social evolution social organization society specific status structure success theory thought traits unit University warfare warriors whole