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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... basic unit ' of social reproduction comparable to the gene , nor , as we shall see , are there any ' basic units ' of socio - cultural systems at all . There are thus no units of selection . 2. The concept of biological ' fitness ' is ...
... basic unit ' of social reproduction comparable to the gene , nor , as we shall see , are there any ' basic units ' of socio - cultural systems at all . There are thus no units of selection . 2. The concept of biological ' fitness ' is ...
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... basic to the nature of the phenomena in question : physics , chemistry , linguistics , and so on . Other branches of study , however , such as electronics , engineering , or Newtonian mechanics have basic processes but no basic units at ...
... basic to the nature of the phenomena in question : physics , chemistry , linguistics , and so on . Other branches of study , however , such as electronics , engineering , or Newtonian mechanics have basic processes but no basic units at ...
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... basic problems for functionalist theory , as we shall see , is the extreme difficulty of specifying any basic functional requirements for all societies that are not empty and trivial . So Parson's list of ' pattern maintenance ...
... basic problems for functionalist theory , as we shall see , is the extreme difficulty of specifying any basic functional requirements for all societies that are not empty and trivial . So Parson's list of ' pattern maintenance ...
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