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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... centralized states and metal tools are perfectly obvious . The real problem is to explain how and why centralized states and metal tools originated in the first place , and it is therefore sheer mystification to treat innovation as ...
... centralized states and metal tools are perfectly obvious . The real problem is to explain how and why centralized states and metal tools originated in the first place , and it is therefore sheer mystification to treat innovation as ...
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... Centralized Decentralized El Shabana 2500-4500 8300 Bali ( Blaju ) 5500-7500 3000-4000 Largely centralized Decentralized ; strongly traditionalized Teotihuacán 15,000 9500 Twelve Village 30,000-50,000 13,600 Largely centralized ...
... Centralized Decentralized El Shabana 2500-4500 8300 Bali ( Blaju ) 5500-7500 3000-4000 Largely centralized Decentralized ; strongly traditionalized Teotihuacán 15,000 9500 Twelve Village 30,000-50,000 13,600 Largely centralized ...
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... centralized political authority because there is no conception of unilineal descent and no other basis either on which the institutions of political authority could develop . Most East Cushitic societies have tended to stop short of ...
... centralized political authority because there is no conception of unilineal descent and no other basis either on which the institutions of political authority could develop . Most East Cushitic societies have tended to stop short 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