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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... assembly , which had a number of functions : a place of debate and word duelling , a war council , a court of law and of the punishment of criminals , and a ritual centre , among others . 15 The most important type of assembly in Vedic ...
... assembly , which had a number of functions : a place of debate and word duelling , a war council , a court of law and of the punishment of criminals , and a ritual centre , among others . 15 The most important type of assembly in Vedic ...
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... assembly with justice and competition is brought out very clearly in the following anecdote from the Iliad : the folk were gathered in the place of assembly ; for there a strife had arisen , and two men were striving about the blood ...
... assembly with justice and competition is brought out very clearly in the following anecdote from the Iliad : the folk were gathered in the place of assembly ; for there a strife had arisen , and two men were striving about the blood ...
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... assembly intermediate between the meeting of the whole folk and the meeting of a village community . It cannot have been easy for a folkmoot of perhaps seven hundred farmers to administer the intricate and technical West Saxon law of ...
... assembly intermediate between the meeting of the whole folk and the meeting of a village community . It cannot have been easy for a folkmoot of perhaps seven hundred farmers to administer the intricate and technical West Saxon law of ...
Inhalt
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