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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... cattle keeping as a starting point , two features seem to follow almost automatically , namely cattle raiding and cattle sacrifice . The first is born of the natural desire to increase one's own stock of the most prized and valuable ...
... cattle keeping as a starting point , two features seem to follow almost automatically , namely cattle raiding and cattle sacrifice . The first is born of the natural desire to increase one's own stock of the most prized and valuable ...
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... cattle cycle Source : Lincoln 1981 : 35 . celestial sovereign gives cattle to his people priests , who who turn them over to sacrifice cattle to Figure 3 ... cattle enemy steal cattle warriors recover cattle in Environmental Determinism 169.
... cattle cycle Source : Lincoln 1981 : 35 . celestial sovereign gives cattle to his people priests , who who turn them over to sacrifice cattle to Figure 3 ... cattle enemy steal cattle warriors recover cattle in Environmental Determinism 169.
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Christopher Robert Hallpike. tribe possesses cattle enemy steal cattle warriors recover cattle in raid Figure 4. The East African warrior cycle Source : Lincoln 1981 : 38 . It is also necessary to note that the religious forms observed ...
Christopher Robert Hallpike. tribe possesses cattle enemy steal cattle warriors recover cattle in raid Figure 4. The East African warrior cycle Source : Lincoln 1981 : 38 . It is also necessary to note that the religious forms observed ...
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