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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... competition , and vice versa . So , two business firms making one type of product such as beer clearly compete ... competition generally , as every general and trade union leader knows . The interrelation of competition and co ...
... competition , and vice versa . So , two business firms making one type of product such as beer clearly compete ... competition generally , as every general and trade union leader knows . The interrelation of competition and co ...
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... competition to produce adaptation as a matter of course . So Huxley quotes Haldane on the effects of competition between adults of the same species which renders the species as a whole less successful in coping with its environment . No ...
... competition to produce adaptation as a matter of course . So Huxley quotes Haldane on the effects of competition between adults of the same species which renders the species as a whole less successful in coping with its environment . No ...
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... competition since , clearly the lower the level of competition , the less important does adaptation become . For Spencer , too , competition was the sine qua non of social evolution . The level of competition can be understood in a ...
... competition since , clearly the lower the level of competition , the less important does adaptation become . For Spencer , too , competition was the sine qua non of social evolution . The level of competition can be understood in a ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Darwinism and Social Evolution | 29 |
The Survival of the Mediocre | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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